yād-e-ayyām  ki  yaañ  tark-e-shakebā.ī  thā
har  galī  shahr  kī  yaañ  kūcha-e-rusvā.ī  thā
itnī  guzrī  jo  tire  hijr  meñ  so  us  ke  sabab
sabr  marhūm  ajab  monis-e-tanhā.ī  thā
tere  jalve  kā  magar  rū  thā  sahr-e-gulshan  meñ
nargis  ik  dīda-e-hairān  tamāshā.ī  thā
yahī  zulfoñ  kī  tirī  baat  thī  yā  kākul  kī
'mīr'  ko  ḳhuub  kiyā  sair  to  saudā.ī  thā