Banaras, Uttar pradesh, India
din Dhala jata hai sham aati hai ghabraata hun main
akasr is tarah se bhi raat basar hoti hai
hain yun mast aankhon mein Dore gulabi
jo ghazal mahlon se chal kar jhonpaDon tak aa gai
kitni sharmili lajili hai hawa barsat ki
pyara hindostan
aah gandhi
dipawli
firqa-parasti ka challenge
diwali
meri be-zaban aankhon se gire hain chand qatre
ye inayaten ghazab ki ye bala ki mehrbani
dusron se kab talak hum pyas ka shikwa karen
aas hi se dil mein paida zindagi hone lagi
andhera mangne aaya tha raushni ki bhik
baDhta hua hausla na TuTe dil ka
ruKHsat abhi zulmaton ka Dera kar dun
har sans mein ek hashr bapa hai waiz
kis tarah se aai hai jamahi tauba
sahil pe agar mera safina aa jae
zara dam to le le tufan ki thaka hai raste ka
mera man hai shahr-e-gokul ki tarah se saf-suthra
karam jab aam hai saqi to phir taKHsis ye kaisi
ai dana-ha-e-gandum dekho na muskura ke
hamare ahl-e-chaman humse sargiran to nahin