ye shor-o-shar to pahle din se aadam-zad mein hai kharabi kuchh na kuchh to is ki khak o baad mein hai pahunch kar us jagah ek chup si lag jati hai mujh ko maqam ek is tarah ka bhi meri rudad mein hai ajab ek be-kali si mere jism-o-jaan mein hai sifat simab ki mujh paikar-e-azdad mein hai ye shisha-ghar abhi tak arsa-e-takmil mein hai ye khwab-e-khubsurat moariz-e-ijad mein hai main jitna uth raha hun aur jhukta ja raha hun kaji dar-asl awwal se meri buniyaad mein hai zamana yun nahin jaise dikhai de raha hai kharabi koi mah-o-sal ki tadad mein hai tariq-e-ishq mein koi kharabi aa gai hai koi bad-surati is tarz-e-nau-ijad mein hai ye naqsh-e-khushnuma dar-asl naqsh-e-ajizi hai ki asl-e-husn to andesha-e-bahzad mein hai yahan jo aa gaya ek bar phir jata nahin hai kashish aisi kuchh is shahr-e-sitam-ijad mein hai wo jo kahte rahe us ki gawahi mil rahi hai ye sari guftugu un raftagan ki yaad mein hai ye jitna hai kahin us se ziyaada bhed mein hai tilism is dahr ka poshida haft-ibaad mein hai