Chor-bazar

kaTh ke bail mard, shishe ki

putliyan aurten, pasine ki

bundiyan, gul mahak shamim-e-badan

chaak-e-dil zaKHm-e-jeb-o-pairahan

car, lari, kiwaD aankhen, fan,

lal-o-almas aahan-o-faulad

qahqahe, chahchahe, fughan, fariyaad

soi, hathi, anath, bachche, dil

tishnagi, talKHiyan, tajalli, did

kaun si aas, kaun si ummid

kaun si jins chahiye tujh ko

har zarurat ka mal hazir hai

mal ye sab kahan se aata hai

bechta kaun, kaun lata hai

kis se kis ne ise KHarida hai

kitne damon ye uThta jata hai

bambai ki ariz saDkon par

jab koi taza jins duniya ki

koi nikhra hasin-ruKH, main ne

koi lahki hui jabin dekhi

yahi dil mein KHayal aaya hai

tajarba-kar koi saudagar

koi dallal ya koi sariq

sar-e-bazar us ko laya hai

jaane kis roz bich Dalega

wo bhi aise ki us ke damon ka

dusre hath ko pata na chale

jaane kis roz kitne darwaze

chhu ke ye jins-e-be-baha aaKHir

kisi footpath ke kinare par

laT ki laT ban ke uTh jae

zindagi hai ki mal sariqe ka

chor-bazar hai ki duniya hai!