man li sarkar ne jab mang sheristan ki
shairon ne sans li tab ja ke itminan ki

purkashish tha is qadar un ke liye taza watan
chhod kar aabai ghar jaane lage ahl-e-sukhan

'amn' 'mulla' 'arsh' 'saghar' 'wajd' 'jazbi' aur 'firaq'
apna apna qafila le kar chale ba-tamtaraq

band kar di 'sahir'o-'sardar' ne filmi dukan
le ke nikle inqilabi shairon ka karwan

sath 'alwi' ko liye nikle 'khalil'-o-'shahryar'
aage pichhe kul jadidi the qatar-andar-qatar

gungunate git gate 'bekal' utsahi chale
tanziya ashaar kahte 'furqat'-o-'wahi' chale

yunhi sare mulk se kul sha'iran-e-har-zaban
su-e-manzil chal pade le le ke apni toliyan

sal-bhar mein shairon se mulk khali ho gaya
inkhila un ka mukammal aur misali ho gaya

aam takhmine ke ru se un ki tadad-o-shumar
tul-o-arz-e-mulk mein thi do karod iksath hazar

naql-e-abaadi ke is tarikh-saz iqdam se
kuchh masail hal hue kuchh masale paida hue

uth gai jab mulk se ashaar-sazon ki baraat
kuchh ghizai mushkilon se qaum ne pai najat

dafatan be-rozgari ki waba bhi kam hui
zor shorish ka ghata sarkar mustahkam hui

family mansuba-bandi ki zarurat ghat gai
bap-man par thi jo pabandi wo fauran hat gai