main dhundhta hun kise bar-bar kya kahiye
tadap tadap ke shab-e-intizar kya kahiye

ye inqilab-e-zamana ye gardish-e-dauran
bana hai dushman-e-jaan gham-gusar kya kahiye

fareb-khurda-e-rahbar samajh sake ye raaz
kisi se un ke siwa haal-e-zar kya kahiye

chaman ke phul pe jis ka hai haq wahi bulbul
qafas mein band hai waqt-e-bahaar kya kahiye

ye had jahan mein hai apni siyah-bakhti ki
bujha bujha hai charagh-e-mazar kya kahiye

gham-e-hayat se fursat nahin hai ek lamha
kisi se haal-e-gham-e-rozgar kya kahiye

khizan-badosh gulistan-e-arzu mein 'jalal'
kabhi to aa ke hai rahna bahaar kya kahiye