raftar raushni ki musakhkhar na kar sake
sae ko apne qad ke barabar na kar sake

jismon pe shakhsiyat ki tahen jam ke rah gain
khud ko hum apni zat se bahar na kar sake

mahaul ki giraft bhi kis darja sakht thi
apni salahiyat hum ujagar na kar sake

tha iztirab dil ka kuchh aisa moamla
hum intizar-e-jalwa-e-mahshar na kar sake

suraj ki raushni ko muqayyad to kar liya
dil ka siyah-khana munawwar na kar sake

jazbaat garche sher ke qalib mein dhal gae
lafzon ke unch nich barabar na kar sake

hum aane wali nasl se sharminda hain 'asar'
insaniyat ka nam ujagar na kar sake