main na kahta tha mere bhai nahin ho sakti
aag pani mein shanasai nahin ho sakti

titliyan phul parinde use lene aae
is se badh kar to pazirai nahin ho sakti

mere chehre pe ye mangi hui aankhen na laga
in mein jo hai meri binai nahin ho sakti

ek kuan hai so hai malum mere bhaiyon ko
raste mein to koi khai nahin ho sakti

panting jaan-e-musawwir ke bane hathon ki
dar-o-diwar pe ye kai nahin ho sakti

jag-hansai meri karwa di zamane bhar mein
tum to kahte the ki ruswai nahin ho sakti

aa gaya dasta ababilon ka ahmad-'irfan'
ab hamein jang mein paspai nahin ho sakti