Jalandhar, Punjab, India
wo KHwab kya tha ki jis ki hayat hai tabir
ab is ka chaara hi kya ki apni talab hi la-intiha thi warna
han mujh pe sitam bhi hain bahut waqt ke lekin
ye aansu ye pashemani ka izhaar
waqt be-mehr hai is fursat-e-kamyab mein tum
bura na man ziya uski saf-goi ka
himmat hai to buland kar aawaz ka alam
ishq mein bhi koi anjam hua karta hai
abr-e-awara se mujhko hai wafa ki ummid
kaise dukh kitni chah se dekha
tu koi sukha hua patta nahin hai ki jise
izhaar na-rasa sahi wo surat-e-jamal
tera gham bhi na ho to kya jina
rang baaten karen aur baaton se KHushbu aae
tere dukh ko pa kar hum to apna dukh bhi bhul gae