bazar tere shahr ke badnam bahut hain
chhoti si khushi ke bhi yahan dam bahut hain

main kaise chalun hausle ka hath pakad kar
is zindagi mein gardish-e-ayyam bahut hain

honton se baghawat ki sada kaise ho jari
waiz ko hukumat se abhi kaam bahut hain

is daur mein ummid karun adl ki kaise
munsif pe hi jab qatl ke ilzam bahut hain

aaghosh mein aur waqt ke baqi hain sukhnawar
'ghaalib' bhi kai 'mir' bhi 'khayyam' bahut hain

ye shahr bhi mahfuz nahin qahr-e-khuda se
saqi bhi hain mai-khane bhi hain jam bahut hain

wo zat hai wahid wo hi khaliq wo hi raaziq
makhluq ne par us ko diye nam bahut hain

imdad-o-ibaadat mein riya-kari na ho 'chand'
ikhlas-e-amal par wahan inam bahut hain