farog e diida o dil laala e sahar ki tarah
— Ali Sardar Jafri
Farogh-e-deeda-o-dil laala-e-sahar kee tarah
Ujaalaa bin ke raho sham-e-rahguzar kee tarah
Payambaron kee tarah se jiyo zamaane men
Payaam-e-shauq bano daulat-e-hunar kee tarah
Ye zindagee bhee koi zindagee hai ham-nafaso
Sitaara ban ke jale bujh ga.e sharar kee tarah
Daraa sakee na mujhe teergee zamaane kee
Andheree raat se guzraa hoon main qamar kee tarah
Samundaron ke talaatum ne mujh ko paalaa hai
Chamak raha hoon isee vaaste guhar kee tarah
Tamaam koh o tal o bahr o bar hain zer-e-nageen
Khulaa huaa hoon main shaaheen ke baal-o-par kee tarah
Tamaam daulat-e-kaunain hai khiraaj us kaa
Ye dil nahin kisee luuTe hue nagar kee tarah
Guzar ke khaar se ghunche se gul se shabnam se
Main shaakh-e-vaqt men aayaa hoon ik samar kee tarah
Main dil men talkhee-e-zahraab-e-gham bhee rakhtaa hoon
Na misl-e-shahd hoon sheereen na main shakar kee tarah
Khizaan ke dast-e-sitam ne mujhe chhuaa hai magar
Tamaam sho.ala o shabnam hoon kaashmar kee tarah
Miree navaa men hai lutf-o-suroor-e-sub.h-e-nashaat
Har ek sher hai rindon kee shaam-e-tar kee tarah
Ye faatehaana ghazal asr-e-nau kaa hai aahang
Buland o past ko dekhaa hai deeda-var kee tarah