tumhe.n hai shauq agar bijaliyaa.N giraane kaa
hamaaraa kaam bhii hai aashiyaa.N banaane kaa

bhalaa vo kaise samandar ke paar utaregaa
nafas nafas jinhe.n Khadshaa hai Duub jaane kaa

sunaa hai aap hai.n maahir havaa chalaane me.n
magar hame.n bhii hunar hai diye jalaane kaa

saaman-e-tijaarat meraa imaan nahii.n hai
har dar pe jhuke sar ye merii shaan nahii.n hai

[tijaarat = trade]

har lafz ko siine me.n basaa lo to bane baat
taako.n me.n sajaane ko ye quraan nahii.n hai

[taak = shelf]

allaah merii rizq kii barakat na chalii jaaye
do roz se ghar me.n ko_ii mahamaan nahii.n hai

[rizq = subsistence/daily bread; barakat = abundance/good fortune]

ham ne to banaaye hai.n samandar me.n bhii raste
yuu.N ham ko miTaana ko_ii aasaan nahii.n hai

jis ko buzurgo.n kii rivaayat na rahe yaad
us shaKhs kii logo.n ko_ii pahachaan nahii.n hai

[buzurg = elder]

amn kaa jo paiGaam sunaane vaale hai.n
galiyo.n galiyo.n aag lagaane vaale hai.n

tum le jaao nezaa Khanjar aur talvaar
ham maqtal me.n sar le jaane vaale hai.n

zulm ke kaale baadal se Daranaa kaisaa
ye mausam to aane jaane vaale hai.n

biimaaro.n kaa ab to Khudaa hii haafiz hai
saare masiihaa zahar pilaane vaale hai.n

** This was a satire on the state on medical
schools and the attitude of doctors in India
these days **

jaan bachaane vaale to sab hai.n lekin
ab kitane imaan bachaane vaale hai.n

ham ko un valiyo.n kii nisbat haasil hai
dasht ko jo gul_zaar banaane vaale hai.n

bhuukaa rah ke saa_il ko Khairaat jo de
ham bhii ’Majid’ usii gharaane vaale hai.n

[saa_il = beggar]