Namrud ki KHudai

ye qudsiyon ki zamin
jahan falsafi ne dekha tha, apne KHwab-e-sahar-gahi mein

hawa-e-taza o kisht-e-shadab o chashma-e-jaanfaroz ki aarzu ka partaw
yahin musafir pahunch ke ab sochne laga hai:

wo KHwab-e-kabus to nahin tha?
wo KHwab-e-kabus to nahin tha?

ai falsafa-go,
kahan wo ruya-e-asmani?

kahan ye namrud ki KHudai!
tu jal bunta raha hai jin ke shikasta taron se apne mauhum falsafe ke

hum us yaqin se, hum us amal se, hum us mohabbat se,
aaj mayus ho chuke hain,

koi ye kis se kahe ki aaKHir
gawah kis adl-e-be-baha ke the ahd-e-tatar ke KHarabe?

ajam, wo marz-e-tilism-o-rang-o-KHayal-o-naghma
arab, wo iqlim-e-shir-o-shahd-o-sharab-o-KHurma

faqat nawasanj the dar-o-baam ke ziyan ke,
jo un pe guzri thi

us se bad-tar dinon ke hum said-e-na-tawan hain!
koi ye kis se kahe:

dar-o-baam,
aahan o chob o sang o siman ke

husn-e-paiwand ka fusun the
bikhar gaya wo fusun to kya gham?

aur aise paiwand se umid-e-wafa kise thi!
shikast-e-mina o jam-e-bar-haq,

shikast-e-rang-e-azar-e-mahbub bhi gawara
magar yahan to khanDar dilon ke,

(ye nau-e-insan ki
kahkashan se buland-o-bartar talab ke ujDe hue madain-)

shikast-e-ahang-e-harf-o-mani ke nauhagar hain,