Paris

din Dhala kucha o bazar mein saf-basta huin

zard-ru raushaniyan

un mein har ek ke kashkol se barsen rim-jhim

is bhare shahr ki nasudgiyan

dur pas-manzar-e-aflak mein dhundlane lage

azmat-e-rafta ke nishan

pesh-e-manzar mein

kisi saya-e-diwar se lipTa hua saya koi

dusre sae ki mauhum si ummid liye

roz-marra ki tarah

zer-e-lab

sharh-e-bedardi-e-ayyam ki tamhid liye

aur koi ajnabi

in raushniyon sayon se katraata hua

apne be-KHwab shabistan ki taraf jata hua