امید کیا ہے سیاست کے پیشواؤں سے
یہ خاک باز ہیں، رکھتے ہیں خاک سے پیوند
Ummid kya hai siyasat ke peshvaon se
Ye khak-baz hain rakhte hain khak se paivand
ہمیشہ مور و مگس پر نگاہ ہے ان کی
جہاں میں ہے صفت عنکبوت ان کی کمند
Hamesha mor-o-magas par nigah hai un ki
Jahan mein hai sifat-e-ankabut un ki kamand
خوشا وہ قافلہ، جس کے امیر کی ہے متاع
تخیل ملکوتی و جذبہ ہائے بلند
Khusha vo qafila jis ke amir ki hai mata
Takhayyul-e-malakuti-o-jazba-ha-e-buland
Source: Zarb-e-Kalim (1936), section "Siyasiyat-e-Mashriq-o-Maghrib" — nazm
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