rahbar-e-qaum samajh le ye haqīqat hai baḌī
qaum chhoTī hai magar is kī rivāyat hai baḌī
chādar-o-qāmat-e-fārūq pe rakhte haiñ nazar
ehtisāb un kā kaḌā aur itā.at hai baḌī
rāhbar badlā to phir se safar āġhāz huā
dasht-e-gum-rāh meñ is taur masāfat hai baḌī
kyā idāre the jo TuuTe haiñ anā kī ḳhātir
un kī tafsīl na pūchho ye hikāyat hai baḌī
aaj bhī husn-e-bayāñ parda-e-āmāl banā
aaj ke daur meñ bhī harf kī tāqat hai baḌī
ahl-e-dil terī vafāoñ kī qasam khāte haiñ
bar-sar-e-kū-e-jafā bhī tirī shohrat hai baḌī
dard kī mauj ubhartī hai tire naam ke saath
dūriyāñ laakh sahī pyaar kī qurbat hai baḌī