fasle ki to khair baat hai aur
hyderabad dil se dur nahin

dilli mein yun zaban pe aai dakan ki baat
sahra mein chhed dewe koi jaise chaman ki baat

bazm-e-khirad mein chhid to gai hai dakan ki baat
ab ishq le ke aaega dar-o-rasan ki baat

ek husn-e-dakan tha jo nigahon se na chhuta
har husn ko warna ba-khuda chhod gae hum

'azad' ek pal bhi na dil ko sakun mila
raste mein dakan bhi tha kahin lucknow ke ba'd

'azad' phir dakan ka samundar hai ru-ba-ru
le ja dil-o-nazar ka safina sanbhaal kar