gulsitan viran dekha
dasht-e-pur-imkan dekha

jab bhi jhanka shahr-e-dil mein
ye nagar sunsan dekha

us ko pa kar yun laga hai
ek khara insan dekha

khan-khanahat ki dhunon par
nachta iman dekha

phunk kar tahrir us ki
pahron aatish-dan dekha

tha wahi dil ka ghani jo
be-sar-o-saman dekha