girte shish-mahal dekhoge
aaj nahin to kal dekhoge

is duniya mein naya tamasha
har saat har pal dekhoge

kis kis turbat par rooge
kis kis ka maqtal dekhoge

der hai pahli bund ki sari
phir har-su jal-thal dekhoge

har har zakhm-e-shajar se 'khawar'
phutti ek konpal dekhoge