utho hayat pe khanjar ki dhaar guzri hai
lahu ki bunden tapakti hain zakhmi ruhon se

siyah raushni mein aur jag uthi wahshat
lahu mein ghul gai talkhi dilon pe naqsh bane

ye sans sine mein ghatti hui mi lagti hai
ye roz-o-shab ka tafakkur ye sari umr ka ghun

hayat ub gai adl ke andheron se
kahan tak adl ki zanjir khinchte jaen

sadaen lautti hain baam-o-dar se takra kar
inan-e-mulk padi hai hinai hathon mein

koi to haq ki kiran phute zulm ki shab mein
nigah-e-amn-o-aman tishna-bar hai ab tak