Gorakhpur, Uttar pradesh, India
lahu watan ke shahidon ka rang laya hai
zauq-e-nazzara usi ka hai jahan mein tujhko
aaj tak subh-e-azal se wahi sannaTa hai
qurb hi kam hai na duri hi ziyaada lekin
mazhab ki KHarabi hai na aKHlaq ki pasti
aane wali naslen tum par faKHr karengi ham-asro
ishq phir ishq hai jis rup mein jis bhes mein ho
zulmat o nur mein kuchh bhi na mohabbat ko mila
usi duniya ke kuchh naqsh-o-nigar ashaar hain mere
ye sanehe dil-e-gham-ghin hua hi karte hain
tere pahlu mein kyun hota hai mahsus
tere aane ki kya umid magar
main aaj sirf mohabbat ke gham karunga yaad
bahsen chhiDi hui hain hayat o mamat ki
ishq ab bhi hai wo mahram-e-be-gana-numa