dekh dil ko mire o kaafir e be piir na tod
— Bahadur Shah Zafar
Dekh dil ko mire o kaafir-e-be-peer na toD
Ghar hai allaah kaa ye is kee to ta.ameer na toD
Ghul sadaa vaadee-e-vahshat men rakhoongaa barpaa
Ai junoon dekh mire paanv kee zanjeer na toD
Dekh Tuk ghaur se aa.eena-e-dil ko mere
Is men aataa hai nazar aalam-e-tasveer na toD
Taaj-e-zar ke liye kyuun sham' kaa sar kaaTe hai
Rishta-e-ulfat-e-parvaana ko gul-geer na toD
Apne bismil se ye kahtaa thaa dam-e-naz.a wo shokh
Thaa jo Kuch ahd so o aashiq-e-dil-geer na toD
Raqs-e-bismil kaa tamaashaa mujhe dikhlaa koee dam
Dast o paa maar ke dam too tah-e-shamsheer na toD
Saham kar ai 'zafar' us shokh kamaan-daar se kah
Kheench kar dekh mire siine se too tiir na toD