raat kuchh tarik bhi hai aur kuchh raushan bhi hai
waqt ke mathe pe shokhi bhi hai bhola-pan bhi hai

baam-o-dar par aaj mitti ke diye hain is tarah
aasmanon par sitare jagmagaen jis tarah

raston par hain dana-dan ki sadaen khaufnak
zindagi se maut goya kar rahi hai tak-jhank

ho rahi hain har gali-kuche mein aatish-baziyan
aar raha hai abr ki surat tamawwul ka dhuan

kar rahe hain laxmi-pujan bhi gharon mein sahukar
dew daulat ko samajh baithe hain rabb-e-iqtidar

hind walon ko maraz hai narawa taqlid ka
aaj ghar mein seth-ji bhi khel lete hain jua

ho sake to chhod de rasm-e-kohan mard-e-jawan
ta-ba-kai dohrae jaega fasurda dastan

aql se kuchh kaam le hindostan par rahm kar
aaj bhi lakhon gharon mein hai andhere ka guzar

hosh mein aa khwab se bedar ho ai waqf-e-naum
mulk par tere hukumat kar rahi hai ghair qaum

mard hai tu kaam le himmat se rona chhod de
nam le arjun ka zanjir-e-ghulami tod de

hind ki khwabida qismat ko jagana chahiye
shauq se phir tujh ko diwali manana chahiye