BA bhi pas hon mile bi-bi bhi dil-pasand
mehnat ki hai wo baat ye qismat ki baat hai

Akbar Allahabadi

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uDhon ke sath log kahan tak wafa karen
buDhon ko bhi jo maut na aae to kya karen

Akbar Allahabadi

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coat aur patlun jab pahna to mister ban gaya
jab koi taqrir ki jalse mein leader ban gaya

donning fancy clothes beame a gentlean avowed
and turned into a leader on speaking to a crowd,

Akbar Allahabadi

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dinner se tum ko fursat kam yahan faqe se kam KHali
chalo bas ho chuka milna na tum KHali na hum KHali

Akbar Allahabadi

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main bhi graduate hun tum bhi graduate
ilmi mubahise hon zara pas aa ke leT

Akbar Allahabadi

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paida hua wakil to shaitan ne kaha
lo aaj hum bhi sahib-e-aulad ho gae

seeing the lawyer born, satan was moved to say
lo and behold I have become a father today

Akbar Allahabadi

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ahman ke farishte go hain bahut muqaddas
shaitan hi ki jaanib lekin majority hai

Akbar Allahabadi

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