ai aligarh ai jawan-qismat dabistan-e-kuhan
aql ke fanus se raushan hai teri anjuman

hashr ke din tak phala-phula rahe tera chaman
tere paimanon mein larzan hai sharab-e-ilm-o-fan

ruh-e-'sir-sayyad' se raushan tera mai-khana rahe
rahti duniya tak tera gardish mein paimana rahe

ek din hum bhi teri aankhon ke bimaron mein the
teri zulf-e-kham najam ke nau-giraftaron mein the

teri jins-e-ilm-parwar ke kharidaron mein the
jaan-o-dil se tere jalwon ke parastaron mein the

mauj-e-kausar tha tera sail-e-ada apne liye
aab-e-haiwan thi teri aab-o-hawa apne liye

ilm ka pahla sabaq tu ne padhaya tha hamein
kis tarah jite hain tu ne hi bataya tha hamein

khwab se tifli ke tu ne hi jagaya tha hamein
naz se parwan tu ne hi chadhaya tha hamein

mausam-e-gul kei khabar teri zabani aai thi
tere baghon mein hawa kha kar jawani aai thi

lekin ai ilm-o-jasarat ke darakhshan aaftab
kuchh ba-alfaz-e-digar bhi tujh se karna hai khitab

go ye dhadka hai ki hunga murid-e-qahr-o-itab
kah bhi dun jo kuchh hai dil mein ta-kuja ye pech-o-tab

ban pade jo sai apne se wo karna chahiye
mard ko kahne ke mauqa pe na darna chahiye

ai aligarh ai halak-e-tabish-e-waza-e-farang
'thames' hai aaghosh mein tere bajae mauj-e-gang

wadi-e-maghrib mein gum hai tere dil kei har umang
walwalon mein tere shayad arsa-e-mashriq hai tang

kab hai maghrib kaba-e-hajat-rawa tere liye
aa ki hai bechain ruh-e-asia tere liye

kushta-e-maghrib nigar-e-sharq ke abru bhi dekh
saz-e-be-rangi ke juya soz-e-rang-o-bu bhi dekh

nargis-e-arzaq ke shaida dida-e-ahu bhi dekh
ai sunahri zulf ke qaidi siyah gesu bhi dekh

kar chuka sair asl markaz par to aana chahiye
apne ghar kei samt bhi aankhen uthana chahiye

pukhta-kari sikh ye aain-e-khami ta-kuja
jada-e-afrang par yun tez-gami ta-kuja

soch tu ji mein ye jhuti nek-nami ta-kuja
maghribi tahzib ka tauq-e-ghulami ta-kuja

mard agar hai ghair kei taqlid karna chhod de
chhod de lillah bil-aqsat marna chhod de