haqiqat hai ki nanha sa diya hun
magar har haal mein jalta raha hun

jamal-e-subh se na-ashna hun
kisi tarik shab ki bad-dua hun

wo aisa chha gaya hai zehn-o-dil par
jidhar dekhun usi ko dekhta hun

koi to dhund kar mujh ko nikale
main apne shahr-e-jaan mein kho gaya hun

jo hai tamsil-e-husn-e-parsai
'wali' main aisa rind-e-parsa hun