khari baaten ba-andaz-e-sukhan kah dun to kya hoga
adu-e-jaan-o-tan ko jaan-e-man kah dun to kya hoga

nigahban-e-watan ko rahzan kah dun to kya hoga
kisi bhi bad-chalan ko bad-chalan kah dun to kya hoga

gharibi jin ke latte le gai ta-hadd-e-uryani
jo main un ismaton ko sim-tan kah dun to kya hoga

andhere ko andhere hi kahenge dekhne wale
sawad-e-sham ko subh-e-watan kah dun to kya hoga

ghalat baaton pe duniya kab tawajjoh sarf karti hai
buton ko be-zaban o be-dahan kah dun to kya hoga

kahin fitrat badal sakti hai namon ke badalne se
janab-e-shaikh ko main barhaman kah dun to kya hoga

qad o gesu ko tum shamshad o sumbul kah ke kya loge
qad o gesu ko main dar-o-rasan kah dun to kya hoga

sitare todti hai jab ki zarron ki tawanai
sitaron ko tumhaari anjuman kah dun to kya hoga

sadarat ke faraez jab ada hone nahin pate
agar main tum ko sadr-e-anjuman kah dun to kya hoga

wo but ai 'shad' jab ghazlon mein dilchaspi nahin leta
main us ki shan mein koi bhajan kah dun to kya hoga