sarsari bhi hai kargar bhi hai
ye katari bhi hai nazar bhi hai

kise taka kise kiya bismil
o kaman-dar kuchh khabar bhi hai

kaun kahta hai gul nahin sunte
aah-e-bulbul mein kuchh asar bhi hai

go meri dastan hai tul bahut
tum suno to ye mukhtasar bhi hai

majma'-ul-barzakhain hai insan
ye farishta bhi hai bashar bhi hai

nazr hai jo pasand aae tumhein
dil bhi maujud hai jigar bhi hai

war teri nigah ka roke kaun
kahin us tegh ki sipar bhi hai

ye bhi khidmat mein sar buland rahe
aaina-dar ek qamar bhi hai

un ke wadon ka kuchh yaqin nahin
guftugu mein agar magar bhi hai

ghair ne tegh par gila na dhara
koi mera sa be-jigar bhi hai

ghair kya marke mein aaenge
buz-dilon ka yahan guzar bhi hai

uttho 'akbar' chalo madine ko
is se behtar koi safar bhi hai