ab na wo ahbab zinda hain na rasm-ul-KHat wahan

ek bosa honT par phaila tabassum ban gaya

meri aawaz ko aawaz ne taqsim kiya

lafz ki buhtat itni naqd o fan mein aa gai

ek manzar bhi na dekha gaya mujhse kawish

shairi mein anfus-o-afaq mubham hain abhi

sukh ki zamin basit nahin hai to kya hua

jawab dene ki mohlat na mil saki hum ko

mahaul sab ka ek hai aanhken wahi nazren wahi

az-sar-e-nau fikr ka aaghaz karna chahiye

sans lene bhi na paya tha ki manzar gum hua