jaan-e-hindostan tha nehru
jaise us ki zaban mein tha jadu

wo wajahat wo shan thi us mein
waqai aan-ban thi us mein

amn-e-alam ka wo payami tha
al-gharaz dosti ka hami tha

hind ke aasman ka tara tha
hum ko us ne bahut sanwara tha

ruh-parwar rukh-o-jamal us ka
raushni irtiqa khayal us ka

lams-e-gul se raha moattar bhi
lal bhi wo tha aur jawahar bhi

ilm-o-hikmat se pyar karta tha
aql wo ikhtiyar karta tha

lab pe jai hind us ke nara tha
lena aazadi sirf mansha tha

nur-afza hain yun karam us ke
naqsh mein har taraf qadam us ke

har nafas ehtiram karte hain
hum use sab salam karte hain

rang us ne diya fasane ko
raushni de gaya zamane ko

wo ki bachchon ko sab se pyara tha
wo mohabbat ka istiara tha