tahsin ke talib nahin ausaf-e-khuda-dad
aafaq hila deti hai haq-kesh ki fariyaad

aabaad kahan halqa-e-sheri ki faza mein
but-khana-e-mani ki sanam-e-khana-e-bahzad

mit jaega aiwan-e-tafakhur ka takalluf
yak shola-e-jawwala hai aah-e-dil-e-nashad

zargham hai rubah ke zarrin qafas mein
aazad hain paband giraftar hain aazad

ghazi ne kaha lut lo but-khana-e-daulat
sufi ne kaha chhod do ishrat gah-e-shaddad

tezab-e-siyasat mein khudi jis ki hui gharq
wo kaghzi lobat bane kya paikar-e-faulad

hajat ke but-khana-e-tazwir hazaron
bandon ne tere nam pe kar dale hain ijad

lut jata hai har gam pe ismat ka khazana
dilkash bahut hai mana ki har raqs-e-pari-zad

jamhur ki tahzib se ikhlas hai madum
imroz nai nasl ko allah nahin yaad

jamhur ki barakat se hue aadmi nange
science ne sau fitna-e-mahshar kiye ijad