Lucknow, Uttar pradesh, India
meri baat ka jo yaqin nahin mujhe aazma ke bhi dekh le
jaan-e-afsana yahi kuchh bhi ho afsane ka nam
rah-rawi hai na rahnumai hai
kyun na ho zikr mohabbat ka mare nam ke sath
aaina-e-rangin-e-jigar kuchh bhi nahin kya
kyun zist ka har ek fasana badal gaya
qahr ki kyun nigah hai pyare
ilm-o-jah-o-zor-o-zar kuchh bhi na dekha jae hai
har jalwe pe nigah kiye ja raha hun main
subh-e-nau aa gai tirgi miT gai shor hai har taraf inqalab aa gaya
ruKH apna aaina mujhko bana ke dekh liya
ye dil aawezi-e-hayat na ho
saf-e-hayat se jab koi tishna-kaam aaya
sada-e-dil hi ko aawaza-e-jahan na kaho
sar-e-mahshar yahi puchhunga KHuda se pahle