Sitapur, Uttar pradesh, India
bahana DhunDte rahte hain koi rone ka
zindagi ki aandhi mein zehn ka shajar tanha
kin lafzon mein itni kaDwi itni kasili baat likhun
nigal gae sab ki sab samundar zamin bachi ab kahin nahin hai
phirte hain kab se dar-ba-dar ab is nagar ab us nagar ek dusre ke ham-safar main aur meri aawargi
na KHushi de to kuchh dilasa de
jab aaina koi dekho ek ajnabi dekho
yaqin ka agar koi bhi silsila nahin raha
sari hairat hai meri sari ada uski hai
dard kuchh din to mehman Thahre
ye tasalli hai ki hain nashad sab
shahr ke dukan-daro karobar-e-ulfat mein sud kya ziyan kya hai tum na jaan paoge
main pa saka na kabhi is KHalish se chhuTkara
dil mein mahak rahe hain kisi aarzu ke phul
sach ye hai be-kar hamein gham hota hai