hamen kahti hai duniya zaḳhm-e-dil zaḳhm-e-jigar vaale
zara tum bhi to dekho ham ko tum bhi ho nazar vaale
nazar a.enge naqsh-e-pa jahan us fitnagar vaale
chalenge sar ke bal rasta vahan ke rahguzar vaale
sitam-ijadiyon ki shaan men baTTa na aa jaa.e
na karna bhuul kar tum jaur charḳh-e-kina-var vaale
jafa-o-jaur-e-gul-chin se chaman matam-kada sa hai
phaḌakte hain qafas ki tarah azadi men par vaale
alif se ta-ba-ya lillah afsana suna diije
janab-e-musa-e-imran vahi hairat-nagar vaale
hamen malum hai ham mante hain ham ne sikha hai
dil azurda hua karte hain az had chashm-e-tar vaale
kaTane ko gala aThon pahr maujud rahte hain
vo dil vaale jigar vaale sahi ham bhi hain sar vaale
tamasha dekh kar duniya ka ‘sa.el’ ko hui hairat
ki takte rah ga.e bad-gauharon ka munh guhar vaale
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