ai khuda kaisa saman aaya hai
shahr mein har su dhuan chhaya hai

lut gai khalq-e-khuda ki hasrat
ahd-e-nau aisa ziyan laya hai

hijr ke dasht mein yaksar main ne
gham ke dariya ko rawan paya hai

sirf mujh ko nahin daulat ki talab
sab ko darkar yahan maya hai

badi mushkil se jahan ko 'shauqi'
mera andaz-e-bayan bhaya hai