chalte chalte dafatan patri badalne ka chalan
tha siyasat ke qalabazon ka yak mashhur fan

faeda hota tha waqti taur par is khel mein
go saka hazraat kahte the use bazar-pan

ahl-e-sheristan ne bhi ab use apna liya
kar-amad dekh kar ye nuskha-e-ahan-shikan

ho raha hai is qadar maqbul ye nuskha ki ab
dil badalte rahte hain din raat arbab-e-sukhan

nit naya bahrup lazim hai pae izhaar-e-zat
jab nazar ke samne ho fan barae makr-o-fan

wo zamana jab ki bazm-e-sher thi ek razm-gah
chhod di thi har nae shair ne raftar-e-kuhan

gholte rahte the wo hazraat jam-e-sher mein
naghma-e-bulbul ke badle shorish-e-dar-o-rasan

hotalon mein baith kar hota tha zikr-e-inqalab
apne sar se bandhe phirte the takhayyul mein kafan

in mein kuchh leader sifat the aur kuchh wolunteer
jhund mein surkhab ke hon jis tarah zagh-o-zaghan

nara bazi mein agar hote the leader paw ser
in ke har wolunteer ka wazn hota dedh man

rafta rafta shor-e-ghaughai sukhan ka jab thama
lag gaya jab mah-e-nakhshab mein hawadis ka gahan

aa gae kuchh aur kartab-baz bazm-e-sher mein
ek zara sa jaante the jo nazar-bandi ka fan

sungh kar mausam ki bu aur rukh hawa ka dekh kar
kechuli badli har ek wolunteer ne dafatan

subah dam dekha to teddy suit mein malbus hain
phenk kar chupke se apna inqilabi pairahan

sar ke baalon ki safedi ho gai gharq-e-khizab
tah-ba-tah ghaza laga kar dur ki rukh ki shikan

shairi ki umr thi go bis ya pachchis sal
lekin apne fan mein wo bil-qasd lae baal-pan

kar diya bahr-e-sadarat pesh apne aap ko
jab banai chand nau-mashqon ne koi anjuman

is liye ghuspaith karte ye sab wolunteer
ban gae ab kham zehnon ke imam-e-fikr-o-fan

in ka maqsad hai agar kuchh to husul-e-manfat
inqilabi shairi ho ya muammati sukhan