sahra mein har taraf hai wahi shor-e-al-atash
dariya ka rukh badal na sake log aakhirash

pae gae hain ek khat-e-mustaqim par
yaksan hain ab hamari nazar mein jahat-e-shash

rukh se haqiqaton ke hijabaat uth gae
ab e'tibar-e-did pe khaega kaun ghash

wo ikhtiyar-e-did ki surat nahin rahi
dil se nikal chuka hai har ek tir-e-nim-kash

ai aaftab-e-subh faraghat idhar kahan
hum log pi rahe hain abhi zahr-e-kashmakash

'hamid' harim-e-zat mein khud apni dekhiye
aakhir chhupa hua hai yahan kaun barq-wash