jab yah dip thake tab ana.
yah chanchal sapane bhole haian,
drig-jal par pale maine, mridu
palakoan par tole haian;
de saurabh ke pankh inhean sab nayanoan mean pahuanchana!
sadhean karuna - aank dhali hai,
sandhy gagan - si rangamayi par
pavas ki sajala badali hai;
vidyut ke de charan inhean ur-ur ki rah batana!
yah u date kshan pulak - bhare hai,
sudhi se surabhit sneh - dhule,
jvala ke chumban se nikhare hai;
de taro ke pran inhian se soone shvas basana!
yah spandan haian aank - vyatha ke
chir ujjval akshar jivan ki
bikhari vismrit kshar - katha ke;
kan ka chal itihas inhian se likh - likh ajar banana!
lau ne varti ko jana hai
varti ne yah sneh, sneh ne
raj ka aanchal pahachana hai;
chir bandhan mean baandh inhean dhulane ka var de jana!