rasm ulTi hai khub-ruyon ki — Mardan Ali Khan Rana

ki riyaa se na shaikh ne tauba
mar gayaa vo gunaahgaar afsos

tere aate hi dekh raahat-e-jaan
chain hai sabr hai qaraar hai aaj

jis ko dekho vo nuur kaa buqa
ye paristaan hai ki london hai

pyaar ki baatein kijiye saahab
lutf sohbat kaa guftugu se hai

uThaayaa us ne biiDaa qatl kaa kuchh dil mein Thaanaa hai
chabaanaa paan kaa bhi khuun bahaane kaa bahaana hai

diyaa vo jo na thaa vahm-o-gumaan mein
bhalaa main aur kyaa maangun khudaa se

bil-aakhir thak haar ke yaaro ham ne bhi taslim kiyaa
apni zaat se ishq hai sachchaa baaqi sab afsaane hain

jab ki pahlu se yaar uThtaa hai
dard be-ikhtiyaar uThtaa hai

kaabe ko jaataa kis liye hindostaan se main
kis but mein shahr-e-hind ke shaan-e-khudaa na thi

baat karnaa pyaar ki aasaan se aasaan hai
ishq karnaa karte rahnaa hai kaThin se bhi kaThin

dekhe na mujhe kyunkar az-chashm-e-hiqaarat-u
vo sarv-e-javaan yaaro man-faakhta-e-piram

yaad aai hai to phir TuuT ke yaad aai hai
koi guzri hui manzil koi bhuli hui dost