Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
kis samt le gain mujhe is dil ki dhaDkanen
kaisi chali hai ab ke hawa tere shahr mein
pahli mohabbaton ke zamane guzar gae
teri talab thi tere aastan se lauT aae
ek tajassus dil mein hai ye kya hua kaise hua
insan hun ghir gaya hun zamin ke KHudaon mein
aarzuen na-rasai ru-ba-ru main aur tu
fariyaad bhi hai su-e-adab apne shahr mein
raaz-e-dil jo teri mahfil mein bhi ifsha na hua
jafaen baKHsh ke mujhko meri wafa mangen
koi kali hai na ghuncha na gul bara-e-saba
bastiyan ho gain benam-o-nishan raaton-raat
go zara si baat par barson ke yarane gae
jab us zulf ki baat chali
wa chashm-e-tamasha lab-e-izhaar sila hai