Delhi, India
muft kab aazad karti hai giraftari mujhe
wo kaun dil hai jahan jalwa-gar wo nur nahin
umr aaKHir hai junun kar lun bahaaran phir kahan
jab dekhta hun tanha tujhko sajan chaman mein
shab-e-hijran ki wahshat ko tu ai bedad kya jaane
dil nahin khinchta hai bin majnun bayaban ki taraf
Tuk ek insaf kar itni bhi karta hai jafa koi
teri aankhon ki kaifiyyat ko maiKHane se kya nisbat
nahin malum ab ki sal mai-KHane pe kya guzra
ye wo aansu hain jin se zohra aatishnak ho jawe
is qadar gharq lahu mein ye dil-e-zar na tha
agarche ishq mein aafat hai aur bala bhi hai
kya dil hai agar jalwa-gah-e-yar na howe
shahr mein tha na tere husn ka ye shor kabhu
paD gai dil mein tere tashrif farmane mein dhum