jab se hayat khugar-e-alam ho gai
daman-kashidgi ki faza aam ho gai

nikle the waqt-e-subh badi ehtiyat se
do hi qadam chale the ki phir sham ho gai

aaya hun shahrah-e-haqiqat se laut kar
marne ki aarzu thi jo nakaam ho gai

dekhe hain hum ne aise haqiqat-pasand log
jin ki ki zehniyat bhi siyah-fam ho gai

izhaar-e-ehtijaj pe ye kali pattiyan
taskin-e-zauq-e-khidmat-e-islam ho gai

is ahd-e-intishaar mein pahchaniye kise
tashkhis-e-shahriyat bhi to nilam ho gai

'hamid' mazaq-e-did na hone ke bawajud
chashm-e-pur-iztirab lab-e-baam ho gai