bahut raushan hai sham-e-gham hamari

hum aawara ganw ganw basti basti phirne wale

dayar-e-dagh-o-beKHud shahr-e-dehli chhoD kar tujhko

tu rang hai ghubar hain teri gali ke log

baDe bane the jalib sahab piTe saDak ke bich

ye jo shab ke aiwanon mein ek halchal ek hashr bapa hai

faiz aur faiz ka gham bhulne wala hai kahin

jahan hain mahbus ab bhi hum wo haram-saraen nahin rahengi

us gali ke logon ko munh laga ke pachhtae

aag hai phaili hui kali ghaTaon ki jagah

chur tha zaKHmon se dil zaKHmi jigar bhi ho gaya

karahte hue insan ki sada hum hain

gulshan ki faza dhuan dhuan hai

KHub aazadi-e-sahafat hai

ghazlen to kahi hain kuchh humne un se na kaha ahwal to kya