Lucknow, Uttar pradesh, India
daulat nahin kaam aati jo taqdir buri ho
chhup saka dam bhar na raaz-e-dil firaq-e-yar mein
josh-e-wahshat yahi kahta hai nihayat kam hai
baad-e-fana bhi hai maraz-e-ishq ka asar
hamare aib ne be-aib kar diya hum ko
puchha agar kisi ne mera aa ke haal-e-dil
be-bulae hue jaana mujhe manzur nahin
gaya shabab na paigham-e-wasl-e-yar aaya
na sikandar hai na dara hai na qaisar hai na jam
KHud-faroshi ko jo tu nikle ba-shakl-e-yusuf
itna to jazb-e-ishq ne bare asar kiya
agar hayat hai dekhenge ek din didar
asar zulf ka barmala ho gaya
angDai donon hath uTha kar jo usne li
ai sanam wasl ki tadbiron se kya hota hai