tute jo dant munh ki shabahat bigad gai wo ghar hua kharab jahan phut pad gai wo zar hun jo sans dam-e-marg ukhad gai mayyat kanar-e-gor mein kante si gad gai dhundho charagh le ke zaifon gali gali gham ho gaya shabab jawani bichhad gai phulun phalun main kya chaman-e-rozgar mein main wo nihaal-e-sabz hun ghun jis ki jad gai chaha jo malish-e-kaf-e-afsos kijiye hathon ko ye mila ki hatheli ragad gai gul aa ke zer-e-kafsh-e-saba saf ho gaya juti jo be-haya ke padi khak jhad gai uqda khula ye dast-e-hina band-e-yar se meinhdi hai apne chor ki mushken jakad gai wo gul araq-fashan nazar aaya jo bagh mein shabnam pe os aab-e-khajalat se pad gai dhanpa kafan mein munh ko jo sharm-e-gunah se mayyat meri zamin mein khajalat se gad gai ai 'shad' lucknow ki kharabi na puchhiye basti basi-basai gulon ki ujad gai