sham ki sidhiyan kitni kirnon ka maqtal banin
baad-e-masmum ne tod kar kitne patte supurd-e-khizan kar diye

bah ke mashkiza-e-abr se kitni bunden zamin ki ghiza ban gain
ghair-mumkin tha un ka shumar

thak gain ginne wale har ek hath ki ungliyan
an-ginat kah ke aage badha waqt ka karwan

an-ginat the mere zakhm-e-dil
tuti kirnon, bikharte hue zard patton, barasti hui bundiyon ki tarah

aur marham bhi napaid tha
lekin us roz dekha jo ek tifl-e-nau-zaida ka khanda-e-zer-e-lab

zakhm-e-dil mundamil ho gae sab ke sab!