ai ki tera murgh-e-jaan tar-e-nafas mein hai asir
ai ki teri ruh ka tair qafas mein hai asir

is chaman ke naghma-pairaon ki aazadi to dekh
shahr jo ujda hua tha us ki aabaadi to dekh

fikr rahti thi mujhe jis ki wo mahfil hai yahi
sabr-o-istiqlal ki kheti ka hasil hai yahi

sang-e-turbat hai mera girwida-e-taqrir dekh
chashm-e-baatin se zara is lauh ki tahrir dekh

muddaa tera agar duniya mein hai talim-e-din
tark-e-duniya qaum ko apni na sikhlana kahin

wa na karna firqa-bandi ke liye apni zaban
chhup ke hai baitha hua hangama-e-mahshar yahan

wasl ke asbab paida hon teri tahrir se
dekh koi dil na dukh jae teri taqrir se

mahfil-e-nau mein purani dastanon ko na chhed
rang par jo ab na aaen un fasanon ko na chhed

tu agar koi mudabbir hai to sun meri sada
hai dileri dast-e-arbab-e-siyasat ka asa

arz-e-matlab se jhijak jaana nahin zeba tujhe
nek hai niyyat agar teri to kya parwa tujhe

banda-e-momin ka dil bim-o-riya se pak hai
quwwat-e-farman-rawa ke samne bebak hai

ho agar hathon mein tere kham-e-mojiz raqam
shisha-e-dil ho agar tera misal-e-jam-e-jam

pak rakh apni zaban tilmiz-e-rahmani hai tu
ho na jae dekhna teri sada be-abru

sone walon ko jaga de sher ke eajaz se
khirman-e-baatil jala de shoala-e-awaz se