Paa-ba-gil sab haiN rihaa’ii ki kare tadbiir kaun,
dast-bastaa shah’r meN khole merii zanjiir kaun,
mera sar haazir hai lekin meraa munsif dekh le,
kar rahaa hai mere fard-e-jurm ko tahariir kaun,
meri chaadar to chhinii thii shaam kii tanhaa’ii ne,
be-ridaa’ii ko merii phir de gayaa tash-hiir kaun,
niind jab khvaabon se pyaarii ho to aise ah’d meN,
khvaab dekhe kaun aur khvaabon ko de taabiir kaun,
ret abhii pichhle makaanoN kii na vaapas aa’ii thii,
phir lab-e-saahil gharaundaa kar gayaa taamiir kaun,
saare rishte hijraton meN saath dete hain to phir,
shah’r se jaate hu’e hotaa hai daaman-giir kaun,
dushmanoN ke saath mere dost bhii aazaad haiN,
dekhnaa hai khiinchataa hai mujh pe pehlaa tiir kaun