Banaras, Uttar pradesh, India
be-sar-o-saman kuchh apni taba se hain ghar mein hum
is dhup se kya gila hai mujhko
sham rakhti hai bahut dard se betab mujhe
ab kahan le ke chhupen uryan badan aur tan jala
hayat mein bhi ajal ka saman dikhai de
ye mahshar-e-soz-o-saz kya hai
dasht-e-ghurbat hai to wo kyun hain KHafa humse bahut
rutba-e-dard ko jab apna hunar pahunchega
yaad uski hai kuchh aisi ki bisarti bhi nahin
hawas-e-zulf-e-girah-gir liye baiThe hain
qaid-e-imkan se tamanna thi gamin chhuT gai
hijr-o-visal-e-yar ka mausam nikal gaya
main hi main bikhra hua hun rah-ta-manzil tamam
dil par wafa ka bojh uThate rahe hain hum