musibaten sar-barahna hongi aqidaten be-libas hongi
thake huon ko kahan pata tha ki subhen yun bad-hawas hongi

tu dekh lena hamare bachchon ke baal jaldi safed honge
hamari chhodi hui udasi se sat naslen udas hongi

kahin milen tum ko bhuri rangat ki gahri aankhen mujhe batana
main jaanta hun ki aisi aankhen bahut aziyyat-shanas hongi

main sardiyon ki thithurti shamon ke sard lamhon mein sochta hun
wo surkh hathon ki garm poren na-jaane ab kis ko ras hongi

ye jis ki beti ke sar ki chadar kai jagah se phati hui hai
tum us ke ganw mein ja ke dekho to aadhi faslen kapas hongi