wo parastaran-e-azadi shahidan-e-watan zinat-e-hindostan hona tha jin ka bankpan is watan ke waste kya kya sahe ranj-o-mehan naz ke qabil hai un ki jaan-nisari ka chalan khun se sincha watan ki sar-zamin-e-pak ko martaba iksir ka bakhsha yahan ki khak ko zist ki har ek neamat mulk par qurban thi rahnuma ke ek ishaare par tasadduq jaan thi khun daman par na tha un ki yahi pahchan thi ghaziyan-e-hind ki sab se nirali shan thi ye sitam-garon ko ulfat ka sabaq de kar gae jin ko marna chahiye tha un ke badle mar gae jab hui mahsus aazadi ki un ko ehtiyaj aur un farman-rawaon se kiya jab ehtijaj taish se tharra gaya bartaniya ka samraj zulm se us ke hua bedar phir sara samaj mulk mein khola unhon ne jang-e-azadi ka bab samraji zulm jis se ho gaya phir be-naqab goliyan kitni chalain jaliyan wale bagh par zulm phir dhae awadh ki begamon ko mar kar tin din kis tarah faqe se rahe shah-e-zafar tisre din tasht par lae gae beton ke sar zulm ki tarikh-e-khunin se hain go nashad hum aaj ke din fakhr se karte hain un ko yaad hum aur is ke ba'd bhi qurbaniyan dete rahe phir bhagat singh aur sathi us ke suli par chadhe sar pe lala-lajpat rae ke bhi dande pade bose babu mulk se bahar hi ja kar mar gae aur lakhon mar gae jin ke nahin malum nam aaj hum karte hain un sare shahidon ko salam rang laya hai bil-akhir un shahidon ka lahu ho gai aazad ho jaane ki puri aarzu aur hain takmil-e-azadi ke charche chaar-su ek din ban jaega ye mulk jannat hu-bahu khwab dekha tha unhon ne us ki ye tabir hai mulk mein jari har ek unwan se tamir hai un ki azmat se sabaq len aaj ahl-e-eqtidar kursiyon par baith jaane se nahin milta waqar hukmrani chhod kar ban jaen wo khidmat-guzar nam un ka jaan-nisaran-e-watan mein ho shumar jis mein ho matlab-parasti zist wo nakaam hai zindagi aakhir 'shifa' qurbaniyon ka nam hai