ye fan ye ilm-o-adab bantana hamare ba'd
hamare nam ko mat pujna hamare ba'd

hain dost itne magar sath kaun deta hai
kisi ko aazma ke dekhna hamare ba'd

bataenge tumhein wo ahl-e-adab ahl-e-qalam
hamare bare mein tum puchhna hamare ba'd

abhi to rahne do jaisa bhi ghar ka naqsha hai
hamari gaddi pe tum baithna hamare ba'd

wabaal koi bhi aae to hausla rakhna
hamare naqsh-e-qadam dhundhna hamare ba'd

abhi to aish karo sar-parast zinda hai
pe khwahishat ko tum rokna hamare ba'd

abhi to zinda hain aa kar mila karo yaro
jo bhulna hai hamein bhulna hamare ba'd

jo aaj karte hain hum ko 'shafaq' nazar-andaz
karenge yaad hamein dekhna hamare ba'd