tum ko pa lene ki dhun mein
duniya odhi

rang-birange kapde pahne
peshani par suraj bandha [...]

tumhaari anjuman se uth ke diwane kahan jate
jo wabasta hue tum se wo afsane kahan jate

departing from your company, where could your lovers go?
what would happen to those legends that around you grow? [...]

is waste adam ki manzil ko dhundte hain
muddat se doston ki mahfil ko dhundte hain

ye dil ke par ho kar phir dil ko dhundte hain
tir-e-nigah us ke bismil ko dhundte hain [...]

be-laus mohabbat ka sila dhundh raha hun
nadan hun ye is shahr mein kya dhundh raha hun

ek mod pe tute hue khandar se makan mein
guzre hue lamhon ka pata dhundh raha hun [...]

naya hai shahr nae aasre talash karun
tu kho gaya hai kahan ab tujhe talash karun

jo dasht mein bhi jalate the fasl-e-gul ke charagh
main shahr mein bhi wahi aable talash karun [...]

wo jo e'tibar-e-jamal the wo kahan gae
wo jo aap apni misal the wo kahan gae

kabhi har taraf koi dilkashi si muhit thi
usi dasht mein jo ghazal the wo kahan gae [...]