Azamgarh, Uttar pradesh, India
main sargiran tha hijr ki raaton ke qarz se
chhalki har mauj-e-badan se husn ki dariya-dili
shahr ke aabaad sannaTon ki wahshat dekh kar
man dhan sab qurban kiya ab sar ka sauda baqi hai
do kinare hon to sail-e-znidagi dariya bane
zulfen idhar khulin adhar aansu umanD paDe
saman-e-dil ko be-sar-o-samaniyan milin
TuT paDti thin ghaTaen jin ki aankhen dekh kar
khinche hai mujhe dast-e-junun dasht-e-talab mein
phirti thi le ke shorish-e-dil ku-ba-ku hamein
har rang har aahang mere samne aajiz
main ham-nafasan jism hun wo jaan ki tarah tha
kya kya na tere shauq mein TuTe hain yahan kufr
pahle chadar ki hawas mein panw phailae bahut
hamare dam se hai raushan dayar-e-fikr-o-suKHan