khabar nahin ki bala-khana-e-salasil mein
teri hayat-e-sitam-ashna pe kya guzri

khabar nahin ki nigar-e-sahar ki hasrat mein
tamam raat charagh-e-wafa pe kya guzri

magar wo dekh faza mein ghubar sa uttha
wo tere surkh jawanon ke rahwar aae

nazar utha ki wo tere watan ke mehnat-kash
gale se kohna ghulami ka tauq utar aae

ufuq pe subh-e-bahaaran ki aamad aamad hai
faza mein surkh phareron ke phul khilte hain

zamin khanda-ba-lab hai shafiq man ki tarah
ki us ki god mein bichhde rafiq milte hain

shikast-e-majlish-o-zindan ka waqt aa pahuncha
wo tere khwab haqiqat mein dhaal aae hain

nazar utha ki tere des ki fazaon par
nai bahaar nai jannaton ke sae mein

darida-tan hai wo qahba-e-sim-o-zar jis ko
bahut sambhaal ke lae the shatiran-e-kuhan

rabab chhed ghazal-khwan ho raqs-farma ho
ki jashn-e-nusrat-e-mehnat hai jashn-e-nusrat-e-fan

main tujh se dur sahi lekin ai rafiq mere
teri wafa ko meri jehd-e-mustaqil ka salam

tere watan ko teri arz-e-ba-hamiyyat ko
dhadakte khaulte hindostan ke dil ka salam