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
wo jo bichhDe maut yaad aane lagi
tum nain ke donon paT mere liye wa rakhna
ye inayaten ghazab ki ye bala ki mehrbani
hue mujhse jis ghaDi tum juda tumhein yaad ho ki na yaad ho
tufan se thapeDon ke sahaare nikal aae
ek jhonka is tarah zanjir-e-dar khaDka gaya
aur to kuchh na hua pi ke bahak jaane se
ek diwane ko aaj aae hain samjhane kai
bad-gumani ko baDha kar tumne ye kya kar diya
hum un ke dar pe na jate to aur kya karte