'badr' zahir rukh se hai aasar-e-marg
ishq ka aazar hai aazar-e-marg

band ho kar dida-e-ibrat khule
samjhe baad-e-marg hum asrar-e-marg

dahriye munkir khuda ke hon to hon
kar nahin sakte magar inkar-e-marg

kya bache umr-e-gurezan bhag kar
tez-tar hai barq se raftar-e-marg

naza mein hun jald kar do khatma
lo nigah-e-naz se tum kar-e-marg

hijr ki dushwariyan sahl us ne ki
marg meri yar hai main yar-e-marg

marne wale parda-poshi karne hain
chhupte hain lekin kahin aasar-e-marg

sab barabar hain jawan-o-tifl-o-pir
la-ubaali hai magar sarkar-e-marg

rahzan ka naqd-e-jaan ko dar nahin
hai ajab hisn-e-hasin diwar-e-marg

khushk lab pathrain aankhen rang zard
'badr' chhupte hain kahin aasar-e-marg