june ki garmi kadakti dhup lu chalti hui
har ghadi mazdur ke sar se qaza talti hui

sar pe gare ki kadhai aur diwar-e-buland
hanpta wo chadh raha hai le ke himmat ki kamand

pad par pahuncha to ek gali suni meamar se
ji mein aaya sar ko takra de usi diwar se

hae us mazlum ki majburiyan na-chaariyan
jaan ka aazar hain iflas ki bimariyan

dil mein kahta hai ki ye meamar bhi mazdur hai
phir yahi jaan-e-hazin kyun is qadar maqhur hai

us ki ujrat mujh se duguni hai magar kam hai shuur
tamkanat kis baat par kis chiz par itna ghurur

main agar nadar hun ye bhi nahin sarmaya-dar
bhut wo hai kis badai ka jo us par hai sawar

int gara main na dun us ko to ye kis kaam ka
asl mein meamar main hun ye faqat hai nam ka

meri himmat kah rahin hain kakh-e-diwan-e-buland
aah is par bhi main duniya mein hun itna mustamand

lag gaya phir kaam mein ye soch kar wo bad-nasib
ai khuda duniya mein itna bhi na ho koi gharib

din dhala jis waqt malik bhi makan ka aa gaya
ek sukut-e-marg sa diwar-o-dar par chha gaya

kanpta rahta hai har mazdur jis ke nam se
sab usi dhun mein the wo khush ho hamare kaam se

us ki peshani pe lekin bal zara aane lage
phan utha kar tamkanat ke sanp lahrane lage

sab se pahle us ne gali di usi meamar ko
apni milkiyyat jo samjha tha har ek diwar ko

josh-e-nakhwat se kaha us ne ki ai paji lain
kal jahan tak thi gai diwar ab bhi hai wahin

kya kiya hai tu ne din-bhar mein zara mujh ko bata
yun takabbur mein wo aa kar jaeza lene laga

dil mein wo mazdur phir kahne laga uf re ghazab
jo bhi is duniya mein hain firaun hain wo sab ke sab

jis ka jis par bas chale pamal karta hai use
khud agar khush-haal hai bad-haal karta hai use

kya kahun sarmaya-daron ke sitam ki dastan
dida-e-mazdur hai mazdur se bhi khunfishan

jis ki lathi us ki bhains is misl ko sadiq samajh
ye samajh kar is khuda-e-pak ko raaziq samajh