mujh ko marne na diya sher utare mujh par
ishq ne bas ye mere sath riayat ki thi

mujh ko shaer na kaho 'mir' ki sahab main ne
dard o gham kitne kiye jama to diwan kiya

call me not a poet, miir, a million sorrows i
have collected to produce a [...]

jab koi leta hai mere samne nam-e-ghazal
yaad aata hai mujhe ek nazuk-andam-e-ghazal

us harim-e-naz us khalwat-sara-e-raaz mein
barha jazbaat ne bandha hai ehram-e-ghazal [...]

jo dikh raha usi ke andar jo an-dikha hai wo shairi hai
jo kah saka tha wo kah chuka hun jo rah gaya hai wo shairi hai

ye shahr sara to raushni mein khila pada hai so kya likhun main
wo dur jangal ki jhonpadi mein jo ek diya hai wo shairi hai [...]

Tera ghar aur mera jungle bheegta hai sath-sath

aisi barsatein ke badal bheegta hai sath sath!

Yun log dost tera mujh se khafa ho jana

jis tarah phool se khushboo ka juda ho jana!