jidhar nigah uthi khinch gai nai diwar
tilism-e-hosh-ruba mein hai zindagi ka shumar

har ek samt musallat hai ghor tariki
bujhe bujhe nazar aae tamam shahr-o-dayar

ye shahr jaise chudailon ka koi maskan ho
zabanen gung hain tarsan hain kucha-o-bazar

khud apni zat mein hum is tarah muqayyad hain
na dil mein tab-o-tawan hai na jurat-e-izhaar

jo apne sine pe aksar saja ke rakhte hain
wo tamgha-ha-e-tahawwur to le gae aghyar

kamal-e-naz tha apni zaraf-nigahi par
ajab ki padh na sake hum nawishta-e-diwar

wo maulwi ki usulon ke pasban the kabhi
wahi to bechte phirte hain jubba-o-dastar

warud-e-sher pe hadd-e-adab ke pahre hain
jo sach kahoge to thahroge ek din ghaddar

'wahid' kar-e-siyasat hai kar-e-be-karan
zaban ko rok lo qaem rahe adab ka waqar