Ahsan taqwim

bustan-e-wafa dahr mein aabaad hai hum se
din-raat zamane ko KHuda yaad hai hum se

tariKH-e-junun KHun se ki hum ne nigarish
aafaq hain har masnad-e-irshad hai hum se

raushan kiya zulmat mein qindil-e-hunar ko
sahra mein chaman nur ka aabaad hai hum se

hum jannat-e-parwez ke hain husn-e-tafaKHur
shirin ki talab taisha-e-farhad hai hum se

sanche mein gham-o-dard ke insan ko Dhaala
shahkar-e-jahan-saz bhi ijad hai hum se

KHwabida shabistan mein azan hum ne pukari
iman-sara dahr ka aabaad hai hum se

hum shahr-e-tafalsuf mein hain tadris ki tanwir
shamshir ba-kaf bazu-e-faulad hai hum se

tamir kiya tesha-e-fan se chaman-e-dahr
tanqid-e-haq-asar bhi ijad hai hum se

meamar-e-yaqin-saz hain darwesh ke aadab
baqi abhi talim-e-KHuda-dad hai hum se

iKHlas ke moti se bhara daman-e-aghyar
iqlim-e-jahan mein adl-o-rad hai hum se

aiwan-e-zar-o-sim mein mahshar hua barpa
KHaif hama-tan lashkar-e-shaddad hai hum se

mahaul-e-zamana hai alamnak-o-jigar-doz
qaem wale kuchh rahmat-e-jawwad hai hum se

sar-bazi-e-paiham se hai gulzar murattab
sar-chashma-e-anwar ki buniyaad hai hum se

hum ahsan-e-taqwim ke hain bolti tafsir
rangin-e-dil-e-geti ki rudad hai hum se

baKHshi hai ghulamon ko bhi ahrar ki jurat
duniya ka giraftar bhi aazad hai hum se

hum miT gae duniya se to duniya nahin hogi
har zarra hai raushan to jahan shad hai hum se

ilhad ki zulmat se zamane ko nikala
aslaf ki mahfil abhi aabaad hai hum se

sar-masti-e-kirdar se raKHshanda hai aafaq
mahfuz abhi maKHzan-e-ajdad hai hum se

tahzib-o-tamaddun ka sabaq hum ne paDhaya
har husn-e-jahan-saz ki ijad hai hum se

'bebak' kahan gosh-bar-awaz zamana
kuchh millat-e-masum ki fariyaad hai hum se