ek bar phir watan mein gaya ja ke aa gaya

muddaton tak jo paDhaya kiya ustad mujhe

us shoKH ne nigah na ki hum bhi chup rahe

nigah-e-arzu-amoz ka charcha na ho jae

dil-e-be-muddaa hai aur main hun

wo abr jo mai-KHwar ki turbat pe na barse

maut ke chehre pe hai kyun murdani chhai hui

phir lutf-e-KHalish dene lagi yaad kisi ki

chale the hum ki sair-e-gulshan-e-ijad karte hain

mujhe shad rakhna ki nashad rakhna

dil abhi tak jawan hai pyare

in gesuon mein shana-e-arman na kijiye

hai azal ki is ghalat baKHshi pe hairani mujhe

jalwa-e-husn ko mahrum-e-tamashai kar

wo sarKHushi de ki zindagi ko shabab se bahara-yab kar de