aaya nahin hai rah pe charkh-e-kuhan abhi
khatre mein dekhta hun chaman ka chaman abhi

utthenge apni bazm se mansur saikadon
kaam ahl-e-haq ke aaenge dar-o-rasan abhi

ranj-o-mehan nigah jo pheren to pher len
lekin mujhe aziz hain ranj-o-mehan abhi

badhne do aur shauq-e-shahadat awam mein
kuchh banjh to nahin hai ye khak-e-watan abhi

aankhon ki surkhiyan hain azaem ka ishtihaar
sine sulag rahe hain lagi hai lagan abhi

ye karwan shanawar-e-tufan to hai magar
chehron pe bolti hai safar ki thakan abhi

hain samne hamare riwayat-e-kar-zar
bandhe hue hain sar se mujahid kafan abhi

ban ban ke jaane kitne fana honge somnat
baste hain har gali mein yahan but-shikan abhi

ai shahryar hum se shikasta-dilon mein aa
teri taraf se khalq ko hai husn-e-zan abhi

raqsan abhi hain sham-e-ghariban ki jhalkiyan
raushan nahin hai khanda-e-subh-e-watan abhi

jite rahen umid pe rindan-e-tishna-kaam
chalta nahin hai daur-e-sharab-e-kuhan abhi

jin ke lahu se qasr-e-wafa mein jale charagh
in gham-zadon mein aam hain ranj-o-mehan abhi

gulshan se phul chal ke mazaron tak aa gae
lekin hai baghban ki jabin par shikan abhi

hai ilm ki nigah se pinhan rah-e-amal
kahte nahin kafan ko yahan pairahan abhi

nabz-e-bahaar par hain bagulon ki ungliyan
chalne ko chal rahi hai nasim-e-chaman abhi

shabnam ke ashk sukhne deti nahin faza
hansta hai khud bahaar-e-chaman par chaman abhi

har gam har maqam pe koshish ke bawajud
'danish' na aa saka mujhe jine ka fan abhi