kis tarah banaen hum apna ye makan yaro ret is nagar ki hai int is nagar ki hai
jodte unhen kaise aur phir kahan yaro ret is nagar ki hai int is nagar ki hai

ek hasrat-e-tamir dil mein jo zara si thi dar tha jag utthegi aur jag utthi hai
kan khol kar sun lo tum mera bayan yaro ret is nagar ki hai int is nagar ki hai

ye to jaante sab hain hum bhi sochte ab hain jis nagar mein rahte the us nagar mein rahte hain
ek hai zamin apni ek aasman yaro ret is nagar ki hai int is nagar ki hai

ghar nahin agar apna ghar mein ja to sakte hain dar nahin agar apna dar to khol sakte hain
aa ke kah gaya hum ko kaun darmiyan yaro ret is nagar ki hai int is nagar ki hai

is muqaddame par bhi ek muqaddama hoga zor-o-shor se hoga aur aaj hi hoga
khol kar agar dekhen un ki hum dukan yaro ret is nagar ki hai int is nagar ki hai

kya sabaq padhate hain shahr ko diyanat ka aa gaya hai jab is par faisla adalat ka
aap kyun pakadte hain un ki choriyan yaro ret is nagar ki hai int is nagar ki hai

roz main bikharta hun roz hi bikharta hai mere ghar ka shiraaza tum karo jo andaza
kya suna gaya koi ghar ki dastan yaro ret us nagar ki hai int is nagar ki hai

ghurkhiyon ke ganw se ret utha ke lae the int shahr se li thi ye na tha magar malum
jhelna padengi phir ghar ki ghurkiyan yaro ret is nagar ki hai int is nagar ki hai

int le gaya koi ret le gaya koi mujh ko zindagi-bhar ka rog de gaya koi
roz kahta phirta hun main yahan wahan yaro ret is nagar ki hai int is nagar ki hai

int ret se hum ne ek makan banaya tha hum ne han banaya tha par kahan banaya tha
go ki jaante hain hum zer-e-asman yaro ret is nagar ki hai int is nagar ki hai

nun-mim-'rashid' se hum 'nabil' puchhenge zindagi to tum bhi ho zindagi to hum bhi hain
kis tarah banaen hum nazm ka jahan yaro ret is nagar ki hai int is nagar ki hai