hai yahi dastur duniya aur yahi dekha gaya
phul se khushbu nikalte hi use phenka gaya

bagh-e-hindostan jin ke khun se sincha gaya
dar na-qadri pe bil-akhir unhen khincha gaya

zindagi mein mil gae kitnon ko sarkari khitab
muft mein in ko kharida muft mein becha gaya

marne walon ko bhi har eazaz parliament mein
ehtimaman warison ke hath mein saunpa gaya

the raqam jin mein jihad-o-jang-e-azadi ke bab
taq-e-nisyan mein unhi auraq ko phenka gaya

hind ki tarikh ka bab darakhshan puchhiye
kyun siyasi maslahat ki aag mein jhonka gaya

mulk mein firqa-paraston ki hua chal hi gai
na kisi ne sarzanish ki na unhen toka gaya

tang-nazari bughz aur nafrat-bhare tirshul ko
pith mein insaniyat ki is tarah ghonpa gaya

hazrat-e-'azad' ko eazaz bhaarat-ratn ka
'khwah-makhwah' un ke pate par dak se bheja gaya