Aligarh, Uttar pradesh, India
samundar tishnagi wahshat rasai chashma-e-lab tak
is soch mein hi marhala-e-shab guzar gaya
ragon mein raat se ye KHun sa rawan hai kya
inayat hai teri bas ek ehsan aur itna kar
mere suKHan pe ek ehsan ab ke sal to kar
hamare zehn mein ye baat bhi nahin aai
ba-nam-e-ishq ek ehsan sa abhi tak hai
main nahin rota hun ab ye aankh roti hai mujhe
KHala sa Thahra hua hai ye chaar-su kaisa
yaad ki basti ka yun to har makan Khaali hua
nasib-e-chashm mein likkha hai gar pani nahin hona
bas saliqe se zara barbaad hona hai tumhein
badal jaega sab kuchh ye tamasha bhi nahin hoga
nadi thi kashtiyan thin chandni thi jharna tha
ghubar-e-dard mein rah-e-najat aisa hi