wo dilbar hain to goya dilbari karni padegi
unhin ke nam dil ki diary karni padegi

wo un ko jaante hain aur un ke haal-e-dil ko
so un ke doston se dosti karni padegi

hamare darmiyan ye dukh hi qadr-e-mushtarak hain
so hum ko ijtimai khud-kushi karni padegi

badan ko ruh se mahrum kar dala gaya hai
basar is taur hi ab zindagi karni padegi

bulaya jae kaise us shanasa-e-sukhan ko
bapa ek bazm-e-sher-o-shaeri karni padegi

bahut muddat se hansna bhul kar baithi hui hai
tumhein 'rakhshanda' shayad gudgudi karni padegi