use karte hain musalsal make-up ka dabba roz kyun
ban-sanwar kar har ghiri bante hain chhaila roz kyun

mammy tum to kah rahi thin id to kab ki gai
phir padosan se gale milte hain pappa roz kyun [...]

tum rang ho tum nur ho tum shisha ho tum jam
kirnon se bhari subh ho taron se bhari sham

rangin hai sarshaar hai mastana hai duniya
tum ho to nigahon mein pari-khana hai duniya [...]

kya bud-o-bash puchho ho purab ke sakino
hum ko gharib jaan ke hans hans pukar ke

dilli jo ek shahr tha aalam mein intikhab
rahte the muntakhab hi jahan rozgar ke [...]

kabhi narmi kabhi sakhti kabhi uljhan kabhi dar
waqt ai dost bahar-haal guzar jata hai

lamha lamha nazar aata tha kabhi ek ek sal
ek lamhe mein kabhi sal guzar jata tha [...]

chaar ganje ek dawat mein jama jab ho gae
un ki chandyaon ke aage raushni thi mand mand

laut kar jaane lage to mezban ne yun kaha
aap ke aane se mahfil mein lage the chaar chand [...]

itne apnon mein koi ek na apna nikla
a mere shahr bata main bhi kahan aa nikla

log nazren bhi churane lage ham-sayon se
darmiyan fasla rakhne ka chalan kya nikla [...]