ajab khun-chakan karbala ka saman tha
the sab tishna-lab aur dariya rawan tha

musibat ke maron ka ek karwan tha
har ek gham-zada budha bachcha jawan tha

tha ek aalam-e-hashr har samt goya
tha bad-haal har shakhs jo bhi jahan tha

sisakte the bachche bilakti thin maen
jo insan bhi pyas se na-tawan tha

sitam aaj bhi us ka wird-e-zaban hai
yazid-e-lain jo wahan hukmaran tha

tha khemon mein kohram jo jal rahe the
har ek samt jaise dhuan hi dhuan tha

hua karbala mein jo qurban 'barqi'
husain ibn-e-haidar ka wo khandan tha