har-gam hadse hain muqaddar bane hue
rahzan dikhai dete hain rahbar bane hue

wo daur-e-khush-gawar khuda jaane kya hua
mandir the masjidon ke barabar bane hue

kya aashiyan kahan ka chaman kaise rang-o-bu
muddat hui qafas ko mera ghar bane hue

hum wo nahin jo raaz-e-gham-e-dil ayan karen
zindan hain hum se log samundar bane hue

ai muflisi bata to sahi wo kidhar gae
kuchh log the khulus ke paikar bane hue

bheja hai us ne khat bhi to alfaz ki jagah
kaghaz pe tir hain kahin nashtar bane hue

shayad nahin hain ab kahin gauhar-shanas log
hire pade hain rah mein patthar bane hue

qaem hai baad-e-marg bhi baada-kashi meri
rakkhe hain meri khak ke saghar bane hue

yaron ko 'ehtisham' bana kar hasin kitab
baithe hain aap dard ka daftar bane hue