jab haq dil-o-dimagh mein bharpur rach gaya
mere qadam jahan pade kohram mach gaya

har bar us se quwwat-e-izhaar chhin gaya
jab bhi main us ki bazm mein le kar pahunch gaya

main ne to apne dar pe likhaya tha apna nam
lekin koi padosi use bhi khurach gaya

dariya ki tah chatan ki zad ko bhi sah gai
lekin ye kya ki sath pe ek shor mach gaya

kal raat un gharibon ko qai kyun na aa saki
khana amir-e-shahr ka kyun un ko pach gaya

'aslam' karamaton mein karunga shumar agar
mera khulus tohmat-e-yaran se bach gaya