Es shehr-e-khrabi me halaat k mary hain

Es shehr-e-khrabi me halaat k mary hain,
hum ooj-e-suraiya se tooty howe taary hain,

Jo kuch bhi howa hai ab ik roz to hona tha,
kia tum se karen shikwa gardish me sitary hain,

Ik shehr me rah k bhi hum tum se juda yun hain,
aapas me juda jesy darya k kinary hain,

Apnon se adawat hai, ghairon se mohabbat hai,
duniya se niralay sab andaz tumhary hain,

Yaadon k andhery me sathi hain mery gham k,
aakash pe jitny bhi chand aur sitaary hain,

Tanha thy na tanha hain es shehr-e-mohabbat me,
allah ki rahmat hai ghairon k sahaary hain,

Kashti hai mohsin apni mojoon k talatum me,

toofan hai qiyamat ka aur zoor k dhaary hain.