Tonk, Rajasthan, India
jhum kar badli uThi aur chha gai
tamannaon ko zinda aarzuon ko jawan kar lun
har ek jalwa-e-rangin meri nigah mein hai
nikhat-e-zulf se nindon ko basa de aa kar
na bhul kar bhi tamanna-e-rang-o-bu karte
yaqin-e-wada nahin tab-e-intizar nahin
agar wo apne hasin chehre ko bhul kar be-naqab kar de
na tumhaara husn jawan raha na hamara ishq jawan raha
mujhe apni pasti ki sharm hai teri rifaton ka KHayal hai
meri aankhon se zahir KHun-fishani ab bhi hoti hai
main aarzu-e-jaan likhun ya jaan-e-arzu!
hamare hath mein kab saghar-e-sharab nahin
baja ki hai pas-e-hashr hum ko karenge pas-e-shabab pahle
yun to kis phul se rangat na gai bu na gai
dil-e-shikasta harif-e-shabab ho na saka