khayalat mein sakht hai intishaar
takhayyul pareshan qalam be-qarar

jahan khun-aluda-o-khun-rang hai
watan par pada saya-e-rang hai [...]

jab khurshid-e-azadi ki phuti thi kiran wo din aaya
chamke the ziya-e-khas se jab kohsar-o-daman wo din aaya

jab qaid-e-qafas se chhute the murghan-e-chaman wo din aaya
be-tegh-o-sinan jab badli thi taqdir-e-watan wo din aaya [...]

hath milane ki rasm
tab ijad hui

jab hathiyar phenkna
sikha ja chuka tha [...]

ye aadad ki qaus kab sidhi hogi
hamein kya khabar bas

khuda ko khabar hai
naqabon ki qausen thin zimme hamare [...]

to kya
zindagi ne tumhein wo sabhi kuchh diya

jis ki tum aarzu-mand thin
ki meri tarah [...]

darkhto? muntazir ho!
paniyon mein jhankte kya ho?

khade ho sakit-o-jamid
khud apne aks ki hairaniyon mein gum [...]