arbab-e-iqtidar se mera sawal hai
ye daur-e-irtiqa hai ki daur-e-zawal hai

jab jab lage hai aag hamare hi ghar jalen
ye baat ittifaq hai ya gahri chaal

kaisi munafiqon ki hai sazish na puchhiye
tute na jo wo reshmi dhagon ka jal hai

aise mein khwab aankhon mein koi sajae kya
wo habs hai ki chain se sona muhaal hai

hum to azab-e-tishna-labi se hain nim-jaan
guzri hai jaane kya ki samundar nidhaal hai

haalat-o-kaifiyat ki taswir khinchna
'nusrat' nahin tera ye sukhan ka kamal hai