Ambala, Haryana, India
ab apni haqiqat bhi saghar be-rabt kahani lagti hai
jo chaman ki hayat ko Das le
maut kahte hain jis ko ai saghar
zindagi jabr-e-musalsal ki tarah kaTi hai
hashr mein kaun gawahi meri dega saghar
jhilmilate hue ashkon ki laDi TuT gai
main aadmi hun koi farishta nahin huzur
jin se zinda ho yaqin o aagahi ki aabru
chhalke hue the jam pareshan thi zulf-e-yar
charagh-e-tur jalao baDa andhera hai
kanTe to KHair kanTe hain is ka gila hi kya
zulf-e-barham ki jab se shanasa hui
ab na aaenge ruThne wale
maine jin ke liye rahon mein bichhaya tha lahu
hum banaenge yahan saghar nai taswir-e-shauq