bayan ho kis tarah soz-o-alam ki dastan meri
na sathi koi sunta hai na mir-e-karwan meri

mera shauq-e-takallum mujh ko kis mahfil mein le aaya
yahan to baat karne ko tarasti hai zaban meri

zaban par sabt gar mohr-e-sitamgar hai to kya gham hai
ki meri khamushi hi ban rahi hai ab zaban meri

mujhe ai baghban shikwa ho kyon qaid-o-salasil ka
ki ab sare chaman ki dastan hai dastan meri

nishan to mit gaya sayyaad mere aashiyane ka
chaman mein har taraf bikhri hai khak-e-ashiyan meri

kuchh aisa soz pinhan tha mere andaz-e-girya mein
chaman walon ne mil kar lut li tarz-e-fughan meri

jahan mein kis tarah mujh ko sukun-e-qalb hasil ho
bani hai zindagi hi jab sarapa imtihan meri

meri sahra-nawardi par na ho hairan ai hamdam
abhi hai aarzu-e-abla-pai jawan meri

ye dil hai ya ki hai nakaam ummidon ka gahwara
ki har khwahish hai hasrat-khez har hasrat jawan meri

'said' apna watan har aan hi aankhon mein rahta hai
usi ki yaad goya ban gai hai jaan-e-jaan meri