jurat-e-izhaar ka uqda yahan kaise khule
maslahat ka bim dil mein hai zaban kaise khule

be-dili se hai rag-o-pai mein lahu thahra hua
aankh mein poshida zakhmon ka nishan kaise khule

dam-e-sahil hai safine ki asiri ka sabab
sar patakta hun ki ab ye baadban kaise khule

harf-e-mubham ki tarah auraq-e-roz-o-shab mein hun
raaz aakhir dushmanon ke darmiyan kaise khule

har ghadi dastak koi deta hai andar se mujhe
sochta rahta hun bab-e-jism-o-jaan kaise khule

lafz hain shahid meri tahrir ke afsurda lab
sher mein poshida mani ka jahan kaise khule