kath ke bail mard, shishe ki
putliyan aurten, pasine ki

bundiyan, gul mahak shamim-e-badan
chaak-e-dil zakhm-e-jeb-o-pairahan

car, lari, kiwad aankhen, fan,
lal-o-almas aahan-o-faulad

qahqahe, chahchahe, fughan, fariyaad
soi, hathi, anath, bachche, dil

tishnagi, talkhiyan, tajalli, did
kaun si aas, kaun si ummid

kaun si jins chahiye tujh ko
har zarurat ka mal hazir hai

mal ye sab kahan se aata hai
bechta kaun, kaun lata hai

kis se kis ne ise kharida hai
kitne damon ye uthta jata hai

bambai ki ariz sadkon par
jab koi taza jins duniya ki

koi nikhra hasin-rukh, main ne
koi lahki hui jabin dekhi

yahi dil mein khayal aaya hai
tajarba-kar koi saudagar

koi dallal ya koi sariq
sar-e-bazar us ko laya hai

jaane kis roz bich dalega
wo bhi aise ki us ke damon ka

dusre hath ko pata na chale
jaane kis roz kitne darwaze

chhu ke ye jins-e-be-baha aakhir
kisi footpath ke kinare par

lat ki lat ban ke uth jae
zindagi hai ki mal sariqe ka

chor-bazar hai ki duniya hai!