bite dinon ki tu agar tahrir likh
apne qalam se waqt ki taqdir likh

mahdud mani mein simat kar rah kabhi
jab phail jae to koi tafsir likh

mahrum aankhon se bhi ho to padh le khat
tarik shab par is tarah tanwir likh

dasht-o-bayaban mein nahin to chhod de
ya mere khwabon ki koi tabir likh

aawaz ke sae mein be aawaz hun
'iqbaal' 'ghaalib' aur na mujh ko 'mir' likh

is sal kya hai barf-bari ka ghazab
dal jhil ho ya gulshan-e-kashmir likh

aazad ho kar bhi muqayyad hun 'zafar'
jo tod de zindan ko wo zanjir likh