hamari aankhen bhi sahib ajib kitni hain
ki dil jo roe to kam-bakht hansne lagti hain

tumhaare shahr se chaliye ki tang-dasti ne
tumhaare shahr ki galiyan bhi tang kar di hain

ye hum hain be-hunaran dekhiye hunar-mandi
jo koi kaam karen hum to poren jalti hain

na is ka wasl mila aur na rozgar yahan
so pahle hijr-zada the aur ab ke hijrati hain

to shah-zadi ko laen wo mahw-e-khwab hai kya
hamein yaqin nahin pariyan bhi jhut bolti hain