darbaar men ab satvat e shaahii ki alaamat
— Faiz Ahmad Faiz
Darbaar men ab satvat-e-shaahee kee alaamat
Darbaan kaa asaa hai ki musannif kaa qalam hai
Aavaara hai phir koh-e-nidaa par jo bashaarat
Tamheed-e-masarrat hai ki tool-e-shab-e-gham hai
Jis dhajjee ko galiyon men liye phirte hain tiflaan
Ye meraa garebaan hai ki lashkar kaa alam hai
Jis nuur se hai shahr kee deevaar darakhshaan
Ye khoon-e-shaheedaan hai ki zar-khaana-e-jam hai
Halqa kiye baiThe raho ik sham.a ko yaaro
Kuch raushnee baaqee to hai har-chand ki kam hai