gaya din hui sham aai hai raat
khuda ne ajab shai banai hai raat

na ho raat to din ki pahchan kya
uthae maza din ka insan kya

hui raat khilqat chhuti kaam se
khamoshi si chhai sar-e-sham se

lage hone ab hot bazar band
zamane ke sab kar behwar band

musafir ne din bhar kiya hai safar
sar-e-sham manzil pe kholi kamar

darakhton ke patte bhi chup ho gae
hawa tham gai ped bhi so gae

andhera ujale pe ghaalib hua
har ek shakhs rahat ka talib hua

hue raushan aabaadiyon mein charagh
hua sab ko mehnat se hasil faragh

kisan ab chala khet ko chhod kar
ki ghar mein kare chain se shab basar

gharib aadmi jo ki mazdur hain
mashaqqat se jin ke badan chur hain

wo din bhar ki mehnat ke mare hue
wo mande thake aur haare hue

nihayat khushi se gae apne ghar
hue baal bachche bhi khush dekh kar

gae bhul sab kaam-dhandhe ka gham
sawere ko utthenge ab taza-dam

kahan chain ye baadshah ko nasib
ki jis be-ghami se hain sote gharib