waqt shahid hai ki har daur mein tahzib ki mang
qatl-gahon ke tabassum se shafaq-rang rahi

jin ke khun se hai rukh-e-zist ki rangat un ki
bhuk iflas ki nagin se sada jang rahi

jin ki mehnat se hai mahlon ke makinon ka ghurur
zindagi un ke liye dukh ki andheri basti

lut qudrat ki mashiyyat hai khuda ka mansha
is khule jhut ki taid nahin ho sakti

dhup ki aatishin chadar mein jhulasta hua jism
kitni sadiyon se hai tarikh-e-tashaddud ka jamal

hukm hai maqtal-o-zindan ke nigahbanon ka
aadamiyyat ke taqaddus ka uthao na sawal

ishrat-e-zist muqayyad rahi aiwanon mein
ahl-e-mehnat ke liye dard ka sarmaya hai

chand afrad ne fitrat ka taqaza kah kar
zulm ko ishq ki taqdir bana rakkha hai

khauf ke abr se insaf ki shabnam barse
is haqiqat ki haqiqat ko koi kya samjhe

lutne wale khudayan-e-jahan thahre hain
is tamaddun ke taqaddus ko bhala kya kahiye

jhut har sach ki hai buniyaad jahan kya kahiye
jurm izhaar-e-sadaqat hai yahan kya kahiye