Hyderabad, Telangana, India
ye rah-e-tamanna hai yahan dekh ke chalna
wo ham-safar tha magar us se ham-nawai na thi
is kaDi dhup mein saya kar ke
tujhe kya KHabar mere be-KHabar mera silsila koi aur hai
main ek shajar ki tarah rah-guzar mein Thahra hun
shahr mein kis se suKHan rakhiye kidhar ko chaliye
adawaten thin, taghaful tha, ranjishen thin bahut
ye hawa sare charaghon ko uDa le jaegi
milne ki tarah mujhse wo pal bhar nahin milta
aaj ki raat ujale mere ham-saya hain