ai ki teri zat thi sarmaya-e-ilm-o-amal
ai ki tera har irada tha nihayat hi atal

ai ki tu ek jauhar-e-tegh-e-dil-e-islam thi
teri hasti yaadgar-e-raunaq-e-ayyam thi

tere sine mein bhara tha bahr-e-islami ka josh
tere aaza mein rawan tha ek dariya-e-kharosh

teri rag rag mein wafur-e-joshish-e-sailab tha
tera har jazba ziya-e-gauhar-e-nayab tha

teri hasti shama-e-himmat ke liye aaina thi
zindagi teri charagh-e-millat-e-derina thi

tu ne murda zindagi mein ruh taza phunk di
himmat-e-majbur ko bakhshi hai tu ne zindagi

ek shua-e-nayyar-e-asuda-e-rifat thi tu
is khizan-e-zist mein ek madar-e-millat thi tu

tu ne ramz-e-qalb-e-makhfi aashkara kar diye
mani-e-ilm-o-amal parda se be-parda kiye

muddaa-e-dil tera ek gauhar-e-ummid hai
jo faza-e-tar mein ek shoala-e-khurshid hai

tera har lamha munawwar har ghadi nayyar-ba-dosh
zindagi teri rahe misl-e-charagh-e-zau-farosh

zulmat-e-millat mein chamkae munawwar aaftab
gulshan-e-ummid mein mahka diye rangin gulab

imtihan-e-zist mein tu kis qadar hi kaamyab
har waraq teri kitab-e-umr ka hai khud kitab

aa sukut-e-yas mein mujh ko bana le raaz-dar
aa rah-e-ummid mein mujh ko bana le kaamgar

aa mere kanon mein bhi wo ruh-e-pinhan phunk de
zindagi meri bhi ek mazi ka aaina bane

aa 'jamal'-e-zar ko bhi raazdar-e-dil bana
zindagi is ki bhi ek barq-e-dil-e-bismil bana