teri anjuman mein zalim ajab ehtimam dekha
kahin zindagi ki barish kahin qatl-e-am dekha

in your realm o cruel one, how strange prevails the scene
life giving showers are often seen with massacres between [...]

lipat lipat ke main us gul ke sath sota tha
raqib subh ko munh aansuon se dhota tha

tamam raat thi aur kuhniyan o laten thin
na sone deta tha mujh ko na aap sota tha [...]

nazar mila ke mere pas aa ke lut liya
nazar hati thi ki phir muskura ke lut liya

shikast-e-husn ka jalwa dikha ke lut liya
nigah nichi kiye sar jhuka ke lut liya [...]

hail thi bich mein jo razai tamam shab
is gham se hum ko nind na aai tamam shab

ki yas se hawas ne ladai tamam shab
tum ne to khub rah dikhai tamam shab [...]

bahut se logon ko gham ne jila ke mar diya
jo bach rahe the unhen mai pila ke mar diya

ye kya ada hai ki jab un ki barhami se hum
na mar sake to hamein muskura ke mar diya [...]

be-hijabi jo sahi hai teri shokh aankhon ki
rasm parde ki uthegi isi ghar se pahle