amin-e-ghairat-e-ulfat jo zindagi hogi
wo be-khudi mein bhi shaista-e-khudi hogi

jo maslahat pe zarurat ko talti hogi
wo zindagi nahin tauhin-e-zindagi hogi

nigah kar le khud apne zamir par duniya
hamara zarf to duniya bhi jaanti hogi

mahall-e-sajda jahan hoga sar jhukega wahin
asir-e-qaid-e-tayyun na bandagi hogi

is e'timad pe har gham mein muskuraata hun
hui hai sham to 'mukhtar' subh bhi hogi