Kanpur, Uttar pradesh, India
pur-soz jigar ke nale bhi dil-soz nikalte rahte hain
dil mera jab tak kisi ke husn par mail na tha
na koi aarzu jis mein ho wo ujDa hua dil hun
ki KHub wafa humse li KHub KHabar tu ne
achchha jo bura aapne chaha na kisi ka
jo us be-rahm par apna dil-e-KHana-KHarab aaya
wo saf ruKH pe jo zulf-e-siyah-fam nahin
jahan mein hai har ek ik na ek ada ke liye
puchho na ye firaq mein kya tera haal hai
tur par kya munhasir hai jis taraf jata hun main
hum dekhte hain unki taraf bar bar kyun
bul-hawas kam-fahm hai wo aadmi nadan hai
jis mein na KHushi ho wo mohabbat nahin achchhi
tu agar be-naqab ho jata
qahr hua ghazab hua shor hai lala-zar mein