kat lena har kathin manzil ka kuchh mushkil nahin
ek zara insan mein chalne ki himmat chahiye

mil nahin sakti nikammon ko zamane mein murad
kaamyabi ki jo khwahish ho to mehnat chahiye

khak mehnat ho sakegi ho na jab hathon mein zor
tandurusti ke liye warzish ki aadat chahiye

khush-mizaji sa zamane mein koi jadu nahin
har koi tahsin kahe aisi tabiat chahiye

hans ke milna ram kar lena har har insan ko
sab se mitha bolne ki tum ko aadat chahiye

ek hi allah ke bande hain sab chhote bade
apne ham-jinson se duniya mein mohabbat chahiye

hai burai hi burai kaam kal par chhodna
aaj sab kuchh kar ke utho gar faraghat chahiye

jo buron ke pas baithega bura ho jaega
nek hone ke liye nekon ki sohbat chahiye

sath wale dekhna tum se na badh jaen kahin
josh aisa chahiye aisi hamiyyat chahiye

hukmaran ho koi apna ho ya begana
di khuda ne jis ko izzat us ki izzat chahiye

dekh kar chalna kuchal jae na chyunti rah mein
aadmi ko be-zabanon se bhi ulfat chahiye

hai isi mein bhed izzat ka agar samjhe koi
chhote bachchon ko buzurgon ki itaat chahiye

ilm kahte hain jise sab se badi daulat hai ye
dhund lo is ko agar duniya mein izzat chahiye

sab bura kahte hain ladne ko buri aadat hai ye
sath ke ladke jo hon un se rifaqat chahiye

hon jamaat mein shararat karne wale bhi agar
dur ki un se faqat sahab salamat chahiye

dekhna aapas mein phir nafrat na ho jae kahin
is qadar had se ziyaada bhi na millat chahiye

bap-dada ki badai pe na itrana kabhi
aadmi ko apne kaamon ki sharafat chahiye

gar kitaben ho gain maili to kya padhne ka lutf
kaam ki chizen hain jo un ki hifazat chahiye