khatra thaa aandhiyon se magar haae-re nasib — Abrar Asar

na to aaftaab ki hai gharaz na talab mujhe koi chaand ki
vo charaagh mujh ko 'aziz hai miri zulmaton ko jo nuur de

us ke chehre pe thaa namak aisaa
aaj tak zaaiqa hai honTon par

pukhta agar hai 'azm to socho na dosto
chhoTi si naav aur samundar vishaal hai

chaman mein shor hai bhanvron ki chaahat kaa bahut lekin
mohabbat gul ki bulbul se hai khaamoshi ke parde mein

chaahe kitni bhi andheri shab ho
dekhnaa phir se ujaalaa hogaa

main agar aaina nahin hotaa
koi mujh se khafaa nahin hotaa

leaderi chaaho to lafz-e-qaum hai mehmaan-navaaz
gap-navison ko aur ahl-e-mez ko raazi karo

donon ke dil mein khauf thaa maidaan-e-jang mein
donon kaa khauf faasla thaa darmiyaan kaa

nayaa saal divaar par Taang de
puraane baras kaa calendar giraa

phir is mazaaq ko jamhuriyat kaa naam diyaa
hamein Daraane lage vo hamaari taaqat se

meraa azm itnaa buland hai ki paraae sholon kaa Dar nahin
mujhe khauf aatish-e-gul se hai ye kahin chaman ko jalaa na de

yaan ziist kaa khatra nahin haan khinchiye talvaar
vo ghair thaa jo dekh ke samsaam Dare thaa