kiya jab sabr furqat mein to phir zikr-e-butan kaisa
ba-ah-o-zariyan kaisi hain ye shor-e-fughan kaisa

bagule ki tarah se khak udana hai muqaddar mein
watan kya khanaman-barbaad ka tere makan kaisa

hua fikr-o-tasawwur se wo taswir-e-sanam jab to
bigad jaana hai ab mujh se dil-e-na-mehraban kaisa

qafas mein band hun main go qafas ho shakh-e-tauba par
ye mere waste qaid-e-mihan hai bostan kaisa

ye sabit ho chuka tum par nahin darte ye marne se
liya karte ho jaan-bazon ka phir tum imtihan kaisa

lahad mein chain milta hai kahan zahmat-nasibon ko
jhapakti hi nahin aankhen meri khwab-e-giran kaisa

qadam rakhna zamin par zoaf se mujh ko hua mushkil
kya dard jigar ne aah mujh ko na-tawan kaisa

andhere ho gae hain donon aalam meri nazron mein
zamin kaisi hai mere waste aur aasman kaisa

'jamila' aalimon se saf kah de tujh ko dar kis ka
makan-e-dil maqam-e-kibriya hai la-makan kaisa