kaun dahshat-gard hai aur kaun hai dahshat-zada

hamare ghar ke aangan mein sitare bujh gae lakhon

shahr mein jurm-o-hawadis is qadar hain aaj-kal

le gaya wo chhin kar meri jawani

apni diwaron se kuchh bahar nikal

subh aati hai dabe panw chali jati hai

wo jahan chahe chala jae ye us ka iKHtiyar

koi dana koi diwana mila

kar gaya suraj sabhi ko be-libas

tum jise samjhe ho duniya uske aanchal ke tale

pas se dekha to jaana kis qadar maghmum hain

nazar mein shoKH shabihen liye hue hai sahar

kya usi ka nam hai ranai-e-bazm-e-hayat

teri parchhain simaTti jaegi

milta nahin KHud apne qadam ka nishan mujhe