zabt-e-gham se lakh apni jaan par ban aae hai
han magar ye izzat-e-sadat to rah jae hai

hum unhin ahl-e-wafa ke chahne walon mein hain
aasman jin ke liye sadiyon lahu barsae hai

kya khuda ki shan hai is daur ka insan bhi
ek zara mukhtar hote hi khuda ban jae hai

hausle ke sath hum nikle to hain ghar se magar
dekhiye ye rasta kis aastan tak jae hai

ye shuur-e-tishnagi hai ya ghurur-e-tishnagi
tishna-lab dariya pe ja ke tishna-lab laut aae hai

shan-e-hairat hai ki jis ko sang kah dete hain log
phir wahi dil tutne par aaina kahlae hai