rang-e-tahzib-o-tamaddun ke shanasa hum bhi hain

hausle mayus zauq-e-justuju nakaam hai

hazaron gham hain is manzil mein manzil dekhne wale

mujhe puchha hai aa kar tumne us aKHlaq-e-kaamil se

rumuz-e-be-KHudi samjhe na asrar-e-KHudi samjhe

karte karte imtizaj-e-kaba-o-but-KHana hum

na jaane sehr ye kya tu ne chashm-e-yar kiya

yun us pe meri arz-e-tamanna ka asar tha

wafa ka ahd tha dil ko sambhaalne ke liye

uTTha hun ek hujum-e-tamanna liye hue

ishq kab apne maqasid ka nigahban na hua

parastish-e-gham ka shukriya kya tujhe aagahi nahin

nazar fareb-e-qaza kha gai to kya hoga

jabin ki dhul jigar ki jalan chhupaega

ishq ko taqlid se aazad kar