ظلمت کو ضیا صرصر کو صبا بندے کو خدا کیا لکھنا

Zulmat ko ziya sarsar ko saba bande ko Khuda kya likhnaPatthar ko gohar deewar ko dar kargas ko Huma kya likhna

Ik hashr bapa hai ghar mein dam ghutta hai gumbad be-dar meinIk shakhs ke haathon muddat se ruswa hai watan dunya bhar mein

Ae deedawaroo is zillat ko qismat ka likha kya likhnaZulmat ko ziya sarsar ko saba bande ko Khuda kya likhna

Yeh ahle hasham yeh Dara-o-Jam sab naqsh bar aab hain ae hum-damMit jaayenge sab parwarda-e-shab ae ahle wafa reh jaayenge hum

Ho jaan ka ziyaan par qatil ko masoom ada kya likhnaZulmat ko ziya sarsar ko saba bande ko Khuda kya likhna

Logon pe hi hum ne jaan waari ki hum ne hi unhin ki gham-khwariHote hain to hon yeh haath qalam shair na banenge darbari

Iblees numa insaanon ki ae dost sana kya likhnaZulmat ko ziya sarsar ko saba bande ko Khuda kya likhna

Haq baat pe kaude aur zindaan baatil ke shikanje mein hai yeh jaanInsaan hain ke sehme baithe hain khoonkhaar darinde hain raqsaan

Is zulm-o-sitam ko lutf-o-karam is dukh ko dawa kya likhnaZulmat ko ziya sarsar ko saba bande ko Khuda kya likhna

Har shaam yahaan shaam veeraan aaseeb zada raste galiyaanJis shehar ki dhun mein nikle the woh shehar dil barbaad kahaan

Sehra ko chaman ban kar gulshan baadal ko rida kya likhnaZulmat ko ziya sarsar ko saba bande ko Khuda kya likhna

Ae mere watan ke fan-karo zulmat pe na apna fan waaroYeh mahal saraon ke baasi qatil hain sabhi apne yaaro

Virse mein hamein yeh gham hai mila is gham ko naya kya likhnaZulmat ko ziya sarsar ko saba bande ko Khuda kya likhna