agar hai jazba-e-tamir zinda
to phir kis chiiz ki ham men kami hai
jahan se phuul tuuta tha vahin se
kali si ik numayan ho rahi hai
jahan bijli giri thi ab vahi shakh
nae patte pahan kar tan gai hai
khizan se ruk saka kab mausam-e-gul
yahi asl-e-usul-e-zindagi hai
agar hai jazba-e-tamir zinda
khandar se kal jahan bikhre pade the
vahin se aaj aivan uth rahe hain
jahan kal zindagi mabhut si thi
vahin par aaj naghme gunjte hain
ye sannate se li hai samt-e-hijrat
yahi asl-e-usul-e-zindagi hai
agar hai jazba-e-tamir zinda
to phir kis chiiz ki ham men kami hai
rahe yakh-bastagi ka khauf jab tak
shuaen barf par larzan rahengi
na dhire jam nahin paenge jab tak
charaghon ki laven raqsan rahengi
bashar ki apni hi taqdir se jang
yahi asl-e-usul-e-zindagi hai
agar hai jazba-e-tamir zinda
to phir kis chiiz ki ham men kami hai
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