ye be-nur andhi siyasat ka bazar hai
maslahat ki dukan hai

shanasa yahan ajnabi hain
masarrat ke lamhe bhi be-jaan hain

jism-o-jaan ki haqiqat nahin hain
riya-kar sochon ke

jamid hisaron mein lipti hui
sar-zamin kah rahi hai

ki ye mahfil-e-tang-daman hai
saqi ka eajaz

mutrib ki aawaz
aur nara-e-sarmadi kuchh nahin hai yahan

to bas
zauq-e-hasti ka

bedari-e-arzu ka asasa sameto
unhin be-nawai ke ghaaron mein kho jao ja kar

jahan kone kone mein
har kunj mein har-qadam par

sukut-e-mukammal ka aaseb hai
shor-o-ghaugha ka jangal hai

aur gulshan-e-nutq be-barg-o-bar-o-samar hai
ki is mahbas-e-fikr mein khayalon ki mahshar-khirami

andheron ujalon ki takrar-e-paiham nahin hai
isi kunj-e-be-gangi mein chhupa lo dil-o-jaan

jahan sahar-khez bedar ruhen
kabhi nashsha-e-mai se sarshaar thin jo

khumar-e-tamanna ganwa kar
subuk-narm-khwabon se daman bacha kar

kar-gah-e-hunar se nigahen chura kar
zamane ke naqsh-e-qadam dekhte dekhte

so gai hain
ki wo bar-e-hurriyat din-o-dil se

subuk-bar si ho gai hain
agar jaan-o-dil phir bhi

be-dari-e-arzu
fitna-sazi-e-haq-bini-o-garm-raftari-e-justaju par musir hun

to diwar-e-mahbas ke rauzan ko aankhen bana lo
nigahen ufuq par jama lo