Rahat Kahan Nasib Thi Jo Ab Kahin Nahin

rahat kahan nasib thi jo ab kahin nahin

vo asman nahin hai ki ab vo zamin nahin

ho josh sidq-e-dil men to rahat baghal men ho

qaa.em ye asman rahe ya zamin nahin

hubb-e-vatan ko himmat-e-mardana chahiye

darkar aah sina-e-andoh-gin nahin

ḳhun-e-dil-o-jigar se ise sinch ai aziiz

kisht-e-vatan hai ye koi kisht-e-javin nahin

haq-goi ki sada thi na rukni na ruk saki

kab vaar ki sinanen galon men chubhin nahin

dagh-e-gham-e-vatan hai nishan-e-aziz-e-ḳhalq

dil par na jis ka naqsh ho ye vo nagin nahin

jang-e-vatan men sidq ke hathiyar ka hai kaam

darkar is men aslaha-e-ahin nahin

ghar-bar tera par tu kisi chiiz ko na chheḌ

ye baat to harifon ki kuchh dil-nashin nahin

jis baat par aziiz aḌe hain aḌe rahen

kahne den un ko unche gale se nahin nahin

kya jaane dil jigar ko mire jo ye kah gaya

daman bhi taar taar nahin astin nahin

mabud hai vatan huun parastar usi ka main

dair o haram men jo jhuke ye vo jabin nahin

‘kaifi’ isi se ḳhairiyat-e-hind men hai der

hubb-e-vatan ka josh kahin hai kahin nahin