mere ajdad ka watan ye shahr
meri talim ka jahan ye maqam

mere bachpan ki dost ye galiyan
jin mein ruswa hua shabab ka nam

yaad aate hain in fazaon mein
kitne nazdik aur dur ke nam

kitne khwabon ke malgaje chehre
kitni yaadon ke marmarin ajsam

kitne hangame kitni tahriken
kitne nare jo the zaban zad-e-am

main yahan jab shuur ko pahuncha
ajnabi qaum ki thi qaum ghulam

union jaik dars-gah pe tha
aur watan mein tha samraji nizam

isi mitti ko hath mein le kar
hum bane the baghawaton ke imam

yahin jaanche the dharm ke wishwas
yahin parkhe the din ke auham

hain munkir bane riwayat ke
yahin tode riwaj ke asnam

yahin nikhra tha zauq-e-naghma-gari
yahin utra tha sher ka ilham

main jahan bhi raha yahin ka raha
mujh ko bhule nahin hain ye dar-o-baam

nam mera jahan jahan pahuncha
sath pahuncha hai is dayar ka nam

main yahan mezban bhi mehman bhi
aap jo chahen dijiye mujhe nam

nazr karta hun un fazaon ki
apna dil apni ruh apna kalam

aur faizan-e-ilm jari ho
aur uncha ho is dayar ka nam

aur shadab ho ye arz-e-hasin
aur mahke ye wadi-e-gulfam

aur ubhren sanam-gari ke nuqush
aur chhalken mai-e-sukhan ke jam

aur niklen wo be-nawa jin ko
apna sab kuchh kahen watan ke awam

qafile aate jate rahte hain
kab hua hai yahan kisi ka qayam

nasl-dar-nasl kaam jari hai
kar-e-duniya kabhi hua na tamam

kal jahan main tha aaj tu hai wahan
ai nai nasl tujh ko mera salam