sab hai faani yahan sansar men kis ka kya hai
fikr phir bhi hai tujhe apna paraya kya hai
aap ka pahla hi andaz bata deta hai
aap ko aap ke valid ne sikhaya kya hai
zindagi ḳhud pe tu itna bhi guman mat karna
chand sanson ke siva tera asasa kya hai
phir se ik aur laḌai ke bahane ke siva
tum bata do ki kisi jang se milta kya hai
umr bhar kuchh na kiya jis ki tamanna ke siva
us ne puchha bhi nahin meri tamanna kya hai
kuchh gharibon ki gali men bhi diye jal jaaen
is se behtar bhi divali ka ujala kya hai
koi jazba koi ehsas na dhaḌkan hai koi
ye agar dil hai mire dost to sahra kya hai
daam man-mane use de ke ḳharida tu ne
dekh to le tujhe bazar ne becha kya hai
vahi bhuke vahi aahen vahi aansu hain ‘sahab’
shahr ka naam badal jaane se badla kya hai
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