jo din hai KHak-e-bayaban jo raat hai jangal

samundar aasman is par sitaron ka safina

ye kaisa shahr hai main kis ajaib-ghar mein rahta hun

KHuda ke ghaebane mein kisi din

duniya ko raundne ka hunar jaanta hun main

rota hun to sailab se kaTti hain zaminen

sahil se suna karte hain lahron ki kahani

aate aate aaegi duniya-dari

KHud se likhne ka iKHtiyar bhi de

lahu tewar badalta hai kahan tak

mere uske bich ka rishta ek majbur zarurat hai

dard ka zaiqa bataun kya

zindagi! tujhko magar sharm nahin aati kya

shahr jab KHud-kafil hai sahab

sahl kya bar-e-amanat ka uThana hai falak