har zarra-e-khaki ko kiran hum ne banaya
mitti ko lahu de ke chaman hum ne banaya

tha husn magar ek nigah-e-nim-raza se
gesu-ba-kamar lala-shikan hum ne banaya

sad-shukr ki hai un ka tabassum bhi hamin par
kaliyon mein jinhen ghuncha-dahan hum ne banaya

aghyar ko gul-pairahani hum ne ata ki
apne liye phulon ka kafan hum ne banaya

har jazba-e-azadi-e-fitrat ko hua di
har baada-e-paimana-shikan hum ne banaya

tarikh-e-junun ye hai ki har daur-e-khirad mein
ek silsila-e-dar-o-rasan hum ne banaya

darte hain khamoshi se hamari mah-o-anjum
chup rah ke wo andaz-e-sukhan hum ne banaya

takrae kabhi mauj se sahil pe kabhi hain
bahte hue dariya mein watan hum ne banaya

mustaqbil-e-tahzib ka naghma wahi thahra
jo zamzama-e-gang-o-jaman hum ne banaya

ashkon se hamare hai munawwar nai duniya
shabnam ko ziya di to karan hum ne banaya

aafaq ka har jalwa 'nushur' is mein ayan hai
mil-jul ke wo aaina-e-fan hum ne banaya