Su-e-kalkatta Jo Hum Ba-dil-e-diwana Chale

su-e-kalkatta jo hum ba-dil-e-diwana chale

gungunate hue ek shoKH ka afsana chale

shahr-e-salma hai sar-e-rah ghaTaen hamrah

saqiya aaj to daur-e-mai-o-paimana chale

is tarah rail ke hamrah rawan hai baadal

sath jaise koi uDta hua mai-KHana chale

shahr-e-jaanan mein utarne ki thi hum par qadghan

yun chale jaise koi shahr se begana chale

garche tanha the magar un ke tasawwur ke nisar

apne ham-rah liye ek pari-KHana chale

khel ummid ke dekho ki na ki un ko KHabar

phir bhi hum muntazir-e-jalwa-e-jaanana chale

un ka paigham na lae hon ye rangin baadal

warna kyun sath mere be-KHud o mastana chale

ghar se ba-ishrat-e-shahana hum aae the magar

un ke kuche se chale jab to faqirana chale

baadalo KHidmat-e-salma mein ye kah do ja kar

ki tere shahr mein hum aa ke gharibana chale

hasrat o shauq ke aalam mein chale yun 'aKHtar'

muskuraata hua jaise koi diwana chale