kaisa sunsan hai dasht-e-awargi
har taraf dhup hai har taraf tishnagi

kaisi be-jaan hai mai-kade ki faza
jism ki sansani ruh ki khastagi

is do-rahe pe khoe gae hausle
is andhere mein gum ho gai zindagi

ai gham-e-arzu main bahut thak gaya
mujh ko de de wahi meri apni gali

chhota-mota magar khub-surat sa ghar
ghar ke aangan mein khushbu si phaili hui

munh dhulati sawere ki pahli kiran
saeban par amar-bel mahki hui

khidkiyon par hawaon ki atkheliyan
rauzan-e-dar se chhanti hui raushni

sham ko halka halka uthta dhuan
pas chulhe ke baithi hui lakshmi

ek angithi mein koele dahakte hue
bartanon ki suhani madhur ragni

ras-bhare git masum se qahqahe
raat ko chhat pe chhitki hui chandni

subh ko apne school jate hue
mere nanhe ke chehre pe ek tazgi

rishte-nate mulaqaten mehmaniyan
dawaten jashn tyauhaar shadi ghami

ji mein hai apni aazadiyan bech kar
aaj le lun ye pabandiyon ki khushi