Ban-bas

mere shahr ke sare raste band hain logo

main is shahr ka naghma-gar

jo do ek mausam ghurbat ke dukh jhel ke aaya

taki apne ghar ki diwaron se

apni thaki hui aur tarsi hui

aankhen sahlaun

apne darwaze ke utarte roghan ko

apne ashkon se saiqal kar lun

apne chaman ke jale hue paudon

aur gard-alud daraKHton ki

murda shaKHon par bain karun

har mahjur sutun ko itna TuT ke chumun

mere labon ke KHun se

un ke naqsh-o-nigar sabhi ji uThen

gali ke logon ko itna dekhun

itna dekhun

meri aankhen

barson ki tarsi hui aankhen

chehron ke aangan ban jaen

phir main apna saz uThaun

aansuon aur muskanon se jhilmil jhilmil

nazmen ghazlen git sunaun

apne pyaron

dard ke maron ka darman ban jaun

lekin mere shahr ke sare raston par

ab baD hai lohe ke kanTon ki

shah darwaze par kuchh pahre-dar khaDe hain

jo mujh se aur mujh jaise dil walon ki

pahchan se aari

mere saz se

sanginon se baat karen

main un se kahta hun

dekho

main is shahr ka naghma-gar hun

barson baad kaDi rahon ki

sari aziyyat jhel ke ab wapas aaya hun

us miTTi ki KHatir

jis ki KHushbuen

duniya bhar ki do-shizaon ke jismon ki mahkon se

aur sare jahan ke

sabhi gulabon se

baDh kar hai

mujh ko shahr mein

mere shahr mein jaane do

lekin tane hue nezon ne

mere jism ko yun barmaya

mere saz ko yun rezaya

mera humakta KHun aur mere sisakte naghme

shah-darwaze ki dahliz se

riste riste

shahr ke andar ja pahunche hain

aur main apne jism ka malba

saz ka lasha

apne shahr ke shah-darwaze

ki dahliz pe chhoD ke

phir anjaane shahron ki shahrahon par

majbur-e-safar hun

jin ko taj kar ghar aaya tha

jin ko taj kar ghar aaya tha