nigaah e faqr men shaan e sikandarii kya hai
— Allama Iqbal
Nigaah-e-faqr men shaan-e-sikandaree kya hai
Khiraaj kee jo gadaa ho wo qaisaree kya hai
Buton se tujh ko umeeden khuda se naumeedee
Mujhe bataa to sahee aur kaafiree kya hai
Falak ne un ko ataa kee hai khvaajgee ki jinhen
Khabar naheen ravish-e-banda-parvaree kya hai
Faqat nigaah se hota hai faisla dil kaa
Na ho nigaah men shokhee to dilbaree kya hai
Isee khataa se itaab-e-mulook hai mujh par
Ki jaantaa hoon ma.aal-e-sikandaree kya hai
Kise naheen hai tamannaa-e-sarvaree lekin
Khudee kee maut ho jis men wo sarvaree kya hai
Khush aa ga.ee hai jahaan ko qalandaree meree
Vagarna sher miraa kya hai shaa.iree kya hai