kuchh ajiib aalam hai hosh hai na mastī hai
ye tavīl tanhā.ī saañp ban ke Dastī hai
naġhma-e-tabassum se lab haiñ ab bhī nā-mahram
shāḳh-e-ārzū ab bhī phuul ko tarastī hai
ham ġharīb kyā jāneñ mol zindagānī kā
ham ko kyā pata ye shai mahñgī hai ki sastī hai
aao ham bhī dekheñge is dayār meñ chal kar
kaise log rahte haiñ kis tarah kī bastī hai
ḳhūb-rū tamannā.eñ ḳhush-libās ummīdeñ
shahr-e-dil kī bastī bhī kyā hasīn bastī hai