Tausi-e-shahr

bis baras se khaDe the jo is gati nahr ke dwar

jhumte kheton ki sarhad par banke pahre-dar

ghane suhane chhanw chhiDakte bor lade chhitnar

bis hazar mein bik gae sare hare bhare ashjar

jin ki sans ka har jhonka tha ek ajib tilism

qatil teshe chir gae un sawanton ke jism

giri dhaDam se ghayal peDon ki nili diwar

kaTte haikal jhaDte pinjar chhaTte barg-o-bar

sahi dhup ke zard kafan mein lashon ke ambar

aaj khaDa main sochta hun is gati nahr ke dwar

is maqtal mein sirf ek meri soch lahakti Dal

mujh par bhi ab kari zarb ek ai aadam ki aal