ek charagah hari bhari thi kahin thi sarapa bahaar jis ki zamin kya saman us bahaar ka ho bayan har taraf saf nadiyan thin rawan the anaron ke be-shumar darakht aur pipal ke saya-dar darakht thandi thandi hawaen aati thin taeron ki sadaen aati thin kisi naddi ke pas ek bakri charte charte kahin se aa nikli jab thahar kar idhar udhar dekha pas ek gay ko khade paya pahle jhuk kar use salam kiya phir saliqe se yun kalam kiya kyon badi bi mizaj kaise hain gay boli ki khair achchhe hain kat rahi hai buri-bhali apni hai musibat mein zindagi apni jaan par aa bani hai kya kahiye apni qismat buri hai kya kahiye dekhti hun khuda ki shan ko main ro rahi hun buron ki jaan ko main zor chalta nahin gharibon ka pesh aaya likha nasibon ka aadmi se koi bhala na kare us se pala pade khuda na kare dudh kam dun to badbadata hai hun jo dubli to bech khata hai hathkandon se ghulam karta hai kin farebon se ram karta hai us ke bachchon ko palti hun main dudh se jaan dalti hun main badle neki ke ye burai hai mere allah teri duhai hai sun ke bakri ye majra sara boli aisa gila nahin achchha baat sachchi hai be-maza lagti main kahungi magar khuda-lagti ye charagah ye thandi thandi hawa ye hari ghas aur ye saya aisi khushiyan hamein nasib kahan ye kahan be-zaban gharib kahan ye maze aadmi ke dam se hain lutf sare usi ke dam se hain us ke dam se hai apni aabaadi qaid hum ko bhali ki aazadi sau tarah ka banon mein hai khatka wan ki guzran se bachae khuda hum pe ehsan hai bada us ka hum ko zeba nahin gila us ka qadr aaram ki agar samjho aadmi ka kabhi gila na karo gay sun kar ye baat sharmai aadmi ke gile se pachhtai dil mein parkha bhala-bura us ne aur kuchh soch kar kaha us ne yun to chhoti hai zat bakri ki dil ko lagti hai baat bakri ki