so ab ye shart-e-hayat thahri
ki shahar ke sab najib afrad

apne apne lahu ki hurmat se munharif ho ke jina sikhen
wo sab aqide ki in gharanon mein

un ki aankhon ke rangton ki tarah tasalsul se chal rahe the
suna hai baatil qarar pae

wo sab wafadariyan ki jin par lahu ke wade halaf hue the
wo aaj se maslahat ki ghadiyan shumar hongi

badan ki wabastagi ka kya zikr
ruh ke ahd-name tak faskh mane jaen

khamoshi-o-maslahat-pasandi mein khairiyat hai
magar mere shahr-e-munharif mein

abhi kuchh aise ghayyur-o-sadiq ba-qaid-e-jaan hain
ki harf-e-inkar jin ki qismat nahin bana hai

so hakim-e-shahr jab bhi apne ghulam-zade
unhen giraftar karne bheje

to sath mein ek ek ka shajra-e-nasb bhi rawana karna
aur un ke hamrah sard patthar mein chunne dena

ki aaj se jab
hazar-ha sal baad hum bhi

kisi zamane ke tekslaya hadappa ban kar talashe jaen
to us zamane ke log

hum ko
kahin bahut kam-nasab na jaanen