kitni bar ujada tujh ko kitni bar basaya hai
achchhi aur buri qismat ka dilli tujh par saya hai

takht-o-taj ki duniya tujh ko ras hamesha aai hai
tere sar par to jhande ki chunari hi lahrai hai

'mir' ka sher-o-naghma tu ne qadam qadam par gaya hai
'ghaalib' ke ehsas ne tera aaina chamkaya hai

'dagh' ki ghazlen sun sun kar jhume hain tere baam-o-dar
dad-e-sukhan ke kya kya manzar dekh chuki hai teri nazar

urdu jis ka nam hai wo teri hi god ki pali hai
bagh-e-sukhan mein tere dam se rawish rawish hariyali hai

teri galiyan rashk-e-jannat tere kuche swarg saman
dilli tera nam hai lekin tu hai shan-e-hindostan

nind ki tu hai ujli chadar khwabon ka gahwara hai
teri dharti ka har zarra dil walon ko pyara hai

chand ke jaisa tera chehra suraj jaisi teri jabin
tere jaisa shahr zamin par dusra koi aur nahin

sach puchho to dilli ki qismat ke rang nirale hain
hindu muslim sikh isai is ke chahne wale hain

dilli kya hai dil walon ki aankhon ka ek sapna hai
is basti ka har bashinda jaise koi apna hai

hum bhi 'nazir' ab ja kar ek din dilli mein bas jaenge
aur kisi din hum bhi dilli wale hi kahlaenge