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
na tumhaara husn jawan raha na hamara ishq jawan raha
mujhe apni pasti ki sharm hai teri rifaton ka KHayal hai
agar wo apne hasin chehre ko bhul kar be-naqab kar de
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