tamam khel-tamashon ke darmiyan wahi
wo mera dushman-e-jaan yani mehrban wahi

hazar raste badle hazar swang rache
magar hai raqs mein sar par ek aasman wahi

sabhi ko us ki aziyyat ka hai yaqin magar
hamare shahr mein hai rasm-e-imtihan wahi

tumhaare dard se jage to un ki qadr khuli
wagarna pahle bhi apne the jism-o-jaan wahi

wahi huruf wahi apne be-asar fiqre
wahi bujhe hue mauzua aur bayan wahi