ye mera KHak-dan rakkha hua hai

ghaib ka aisa parinda hai zamin par insan

marsiya hun main ghulamon ki KHush-ilhami ka

gharibi kaTna aasan nahin hai

na jaane kitne bhanwar ko rula ke aai hai

ai shahr-e-sitam-zad teri umr baDi ho

jazire ug rahe hain paniyon mein

wo ek aaina chehre ki baat karta hai

chehre hain ki sau rang mein hote hain numayan

sulagti pyas ne kar li hai morcha-bandi

quran ka mafhum unhen kaun batae

sham ke tir se zaKHmi hai KHurshid ka sina

na jaane kya likha tha usne diwar-e-barahna par

baDi bholi hai KHarchili zarurat

kashti ki tarah tum mujhe dariya mein utaro