Aligarh, Uttar pradesh, India
poshak-e-siyah mein ruKH-e-jaanan nazar aaya
buton ka zikr kar waiz KHuda ko kis ne dekha hai
us ka haal-e-kamar khula hamdam
putli ki ewaz hun but-e-rana-e-banaras
kucha mein jo us shoKH-hasin ke na rahenge
khul gaya unki masihai ka aalam shab-e-wasl
na diya bosa-e-lab kha ke qasam bhul gae
ghair hanste hain faqat is liye Tal jata hun
kaba-o-but-KHana walon se juda baiThe hain hum
guzra apna pas-e-murdan hi sahi
jo mehndi ka buTna mala kijiyega
karte hain shauq-e-did mein baaten hawa se hum
saqi hai na mai hai na daf-o-chang hai holi
ajab hai mehr se us shoKH ki visal ka waqt
dida-e-jauhar se bina ho gaya