shahr sahra hai ghar bayaban hai
dil kisi anjuman ka khwahan hai

mujh se kahti hain wo udas aanhken
zindagi bhar ki sab thakan yan hai

khwab tute pade hain sab mere
main hun aur hairaton ka saman hai

har masarrat gundhi hui dukh mein
arz-e-azdad dasht-e-imkan hai

tu samundar ki be-kanari dekh
us mein mear-e-zarf pinhan hai

hain rawa sare na-rawa us ko
ye nae mausamon ka insan hai

mar ke pahuncha to hun lab-e-dariya
khali ab tishnagi ka daman hai

sab ne 'shahid' chune pasand ke phul
gul-kada phir bhi gul-ba-daman hai