ai bachpane ki duniya to yaad aa rahi hai
dil se meri sada-e-fariyaad aa rahi hai

rahat suna rahi thi afsana saltanat ka
thi man ki god mujh ko kashana saltanat ka

wo ghar ki dur jis se thi gardish-e-zamana
aazadiyon ka meri aabaad aashiyana

phirti hai ab nazar mein taswir us makan ki
arsh-e-barin se behtar thi sarzamin jahan ki

nazuk-mizaj ban kar wo ruthna machalna
sehn-e-makan mein din bhar wo kudna-uchhalna

allah-re wo takhayyul allah-re saz-o-saman
duniya ki saltanat thi is zindagi pe qurban

us ahd-e-afyat mein ek bar phir sula de
ai mere ahd-e-mazi phir ek jhalak dikha de

bagh-e-jahan mein rakkha un shadiyon ne mujh ko
rahat ki loriyan din aazadiyon ne mujh ko

be-fikr zindagi thi khud hosh mujh ko kab tha
ek kaif-e-be-khudi tha mast-e-mai-e-tarab tha

ai umr-e-rafta tu ne ki mujh se be-walfai
aa ja palat ke dam bhar main hun tera fidai

dil mein shararten thin kaise ghazab ki pinhan
rag rag mein bijliyan thin josh-e-tarab ki pinhan

hun apni zindagi ka andaza karne wala
jannat se la ke tu ne dozakh mein mujh ko dala