baitha hun siyah-bakht o mukaddar isi ghar mein
utra tha mera mah-e-munawwar isi ghar mein

ai sans ki khushbu lab-o-ariz ke pasine
khola tha mere dost ne bistar isi ghar mein

chatki thin isi kunj mein us hont ki kaliyan
mahke the wo auqat-e-mayassar isi ghar mein

afsana-dar-afsana thi mudti hui sidhi
ashaar-dar-ashaar tha har dar isi ghar mein

hoti thi harifana bhi har baat pe ek baat
rahti thi raqibana bhi aksar isi ghar mein

sharminda hua tha yahin pindar-e-imarat
chamka tha faqiron ka muqaddar isi ghar mein

wo jin ke dar-e-naz pe jhukta tha zamana
aate the badi dur se chal kar isi ghar mein