gulon mein rang kahan hai tere badan ki tarah
tera badan hai sitaron ki anjuman ki tarah

wahi jo log the aawara be-watan ki tarah
unhin ke dam se bayaban hua chaman ki tarah

ye hai fareb-e-nazar ya bahaar ka mausam
saja hua hai gulistan mera dulhan ki tarah

junun-e-shauq mera kaamyab ho hi gaya
lage hai mujh ko bayaban bhi ab chaman ki tarah

wo zindagi to nahin zindagi ka matam hai
jo zindagi ho watan hi mein be-watan ki tarah

shab-e-firaq hai gham hai khalish hai aansu hai
meri hayat hai tanha bhi anjuman ki tarah

jahan bhi main ne qadam apna rakh diya 'mukhtar'
mahak uthe wahin kante bhi nastaran ki tarah