gaDi Ki khiDki Se Dekha Shab Ko Us Ka Shahr

Poet

gaaḌi ki khiḌki se dekha shab ko us ka shahr

charon or tha kaala jangal biich men ujla shahr

yaad na aata kyuun gaanv men ham ko bhi lahore

log samundar-par na paa.en is se achchha shahar

sach hai har ik mulk ḳhuda ka des hai har insan ka

lekin apna shahr hai yaaro aḳhir apna shahr

ḳhvab men sun kar jaag uThta huun un ki chiḳh-pukar

uf vo laḌte marte baasi uf vo jalta shahr

poshida hain dil men us ki yadon ke tufan

dafn hain ek khanDar ki tah men kitne zinda shahr

mujh par ik ghanghor udasi tujh par rang aur nuur

mera chehra ban hai pyaar se tera chehra shahr

kal ki baat hai aur thakan se ab tak chuur huun main

us laḌki ka jism tha ‘zahid’ uncha-nicha shahr