Sasaram, Bihar, India
lab pe harf-e-motabar rakhta hai wo
mera dil bhi muamma ho gaya hai
shab-e-visal tulua aaftab kaise hua
main yunhi TuTta bikharta hun
zindagi dekh le kuchh der tamasha apna
hawaon se uljhe shajar raat-bhar
samundar dasht par but kaTti hai
aql ke jal mein phansi hi nahin
ye saat-e-rangini-e-afkar rahegi
jo bhigi raat to aaseb ke lashkar nikal aae
talab se bhi kuchh aur ziyaada mila
hawaon ka jo shah-par bolta hai
umid TuTi hui KHak-dan mein raushan hai
mausamon mein hui hai sazish phir
wafa ka tana-bana DhunDhta hai