kya mausam-e-gul hai ki yahan phul nahin
kante dar-o-diwar ki zinat dar-o-diwar pe raqsan

har gul ki mahak tere mere khun ki mahak hai
insan ke ranjida dil-o-jaan ki kasak hai

har shakh ki mehrab pe hain khun ke chhinte
pyase khas-o-khashak tadapte hain shab-o-roz

shabnam ki ziya-bar damakti hui pael
ojhal hai nigah se

koyal ki koi kuk na raushan koi naghma
har kucha-e-ehsas mein goli ki azan hai

bam aslaha aur barud ke chole pahan kar
hum sar-phire tahzib-o-tamaddun ke liye

hain gasht mein aise
jaise ki ye bam aur barud

hon sab hi masail ka hal
jaise hon yahi azmat-e-insan ke muhafiz

jaise ki mere amn-o-aman
ho in ke karam par

jaise ki mere bagh-e-bahaaran ki hifazat
ho in ki inayat

jaise ki hasin phulon ki ismat ke liye
ab mausam-e-gul mein bhi

goli bam aur banduq
ho neamat