ilahi khair wo har dam nai bedad karte hain
hamin tohmat lagate hain jo hum fariyaad karte hain

kabhi aazad karte hain kabhi bedad karte hain
magar us par bhi hum sau ji se un ko yaad karte hain

asiran-e-qafas se kash ye sayyaad kah deta
raho aazad ho kar hum tumhein aazad karte hain

raha karta hai ahl-e-gham ko kya kya intizar is ka
ki dekhen wo dil-e-nashad ko kab shad karte hain

ye kah kah kar basar ki umr hum ne qaid-e-ulfat mein
wo ab aazad karte hain wo ab aazad karte hain

sitam aisa nahin dekha jafa aisi nahin dekhi
wo chup rahne ko kahte hain jo hum fariyaad karte hain

ye baat achchhi nahin hoti ye baat achchhi nahin hoti
hamein bekas samajh kar aap kyun barbaad karte hain

koi bismil banata hai jo maqtal mein hamein 'bismil'
to hum dar kar dabi aawaz se fariyaad karte hain