khanjar ki tarah utre hai jo baat karo ho
apnon pe ye tum kaisi inayat karo ho

jab barmala kahne ki yahan rasm nahin hai
phir kis liye tum purshish-e-haalat karo ho

ya kahte the tum khul ke kaho jo bhi hai dil mein
ya kahte ho tum hum se shikayat karo ho

ya hum se ghadi-bhar ki judai thi qayamat
ya hum se ghadi-bhar bhi na ab baat karo ho

dekho kabhi us ko bhi jo hai chehron ke pichhe
kahne ko to tum sab se mulaqat karo ho

hum dil-zadagan ko bhi to aa kar kabhi puchho
tum sab pe karam sab pe inayat karo ho

is kucha se guzro ho na tum us se milo ho
is shahr mein kaise guzar auqat karo ho

tasbih thi us nam ki har-waqt ya ab tum
allah ki din-raat munajat karo ho

hai tark-e-talluq bhi to yak-guna talluq
kyun us ki zamana se shikayat karo ho

wo tum se khafa hai to use ja ke mana lo
kyun aur kharab apne ye haalat karo ho

'iqbaal' utho kaam mein ab ji ko lagao
kis dhyan mein barbaad ye din-raat karo ho