miTTi jab tak nam rahti hai

yun ganwata hai koi jaan-e-aziz

mir-ji se agar iradat hai

kuchh na kuchh sochte raha kije

maine socha tha is ajnabi shahr mein zindagi chalte-phirte guzar jaegi

sirf mane thi haya band-e-qaba khulne talak

chand hota nahin har ek chehra

kaun dil ki zaban samajhta hai

tere aane ka intizar raha

hai koi yahan shahr mein aisa ki jise main