azal bhula-bisra sa ek khwab hi
sahi

band ek bab hi wo sada ke liye
magar barha

harf-e-haq lauh-e-jaan se mitaya gaya jab
ba-anwaa-e-jabr

azal hi wo misra uthana abad tak jise na-guzir
dhamake se pahle ki ek sansani

bani imtihan-gah mein
khauf-o-dahshat ke ham-dosh ek zimmedari ka bar

yahan hum na hote jo ummid-war
to hote koi aur apne hi wo ham-nazhad

zamin aasman fakhr se aur ghubar-e-pas-o-pesh hum
dekhte in ko kis rashk se

sawalat pechaak se irtiqa ke jude be-shumar
wo hal kar rahe hain

fatanat mein shamil diyanat ke sath
sitaron ki taqdim ko kis ne dekha hai

lazzat-kash intizar
jaride mein sabt apne nam

jahan dekh paenge
sath-e-wajud

wo hai dur kitni
jahan ja ke aalam tamam

tera mai-kada saqiya
abhi aab-o-gil mein gundhi

aur abhi parda-e-ghaib se jhankti yaad-dasht
bahut us ne dekhe tulu-o-ghurub

bahut pesha-war sach ka phaila hua karobar
jaraem ki jin ke tanawar tane

ye fanni mahaarat ki ek bartari
aur wo power sipar

mukafat ki un ke sar par jo rut aa gai
sutun-dar-sutun tha dhuan ug raha

un ke thaalon ke beach
natije ki fihrist se nam kitne

ki bajta tha danka kabhi jin ka
ho kar rahe lapata

na koi dhamaka na koi jhamaka
na duniya dulhan

pakad kar jakad kar jalai gai
qalam ke nawishte se panpa hua khwab-zar

wahin tak hai sarsabz
khoya qalam ne jahan tak nahin e'tibar

magar pasban-e-mafadat said
qalam ne jahan likh diya urf sayyaad ka

wahin shakh-e-zaitun
gul-dan aaraishi ka asasa bani

qalam ko bacha
harf-e-haq ki saza

bhugatne ki khatir sada
saqiya

salamat sabucha tera