qafas meñ rah ke gul-o-nastaran kī baat karo
chaman se duur ho lekin chaman kī baat karo
abhī to jazb-e-mohabbat kī āzmā.ish hai
faroġh-e-ishq kī dār-o-rasan kī baat karo
jale shabāb ke tūfāñ meñ sham-e-taqvā kyā
bahār-e-nau kī sharāb-e-kuhan kī baat karo
ḳhilāf-e-maslak-e-ulfat hai shikva-e-sāqī
na tishnā-kāmī-e-kām-o-dahan kī baat karo
yahāñ fasāna-e-dair-o-haram se kyā hāsil
yahāñ to sāqī-e-īmāñ-shikan kī baat karo
ajab nahīñ ki qafas se rah-e-chaman nikle
asiir rah ke bahār-e-chaman kī baat karo
sukūt-o-gosha-nashīnī se 'qādrī' hāsil
suḳhan-varoñ meñ kamāl-e-suḳhan kī baat karo