achchhe din kab aaenge
kya yun hi mar jaenge
apne-ap ko KHwabon se
kab tak hum bahlaenge
bambai mein Thahrenge kahan
dilli mein kya khaenge
khilte hain to khilne do
phul abhi murjhaenge
kitni achchhi laDki hai
barson bhul na paenge
maut na aai to 'alwi'
chhuTTi mein ghar jaenge
Mohammad Alvi 
