Ek shahr tha ek bagh tha

ek shahr tha ek bagh tha
ek shahr tha

ya taza mewon se lada ek bagh tha
ek bagh tha

ya shoKH rangon se bhara bazar tha
bazar tha ya jugnuon ki raushni se khelti ek raat thi

ek raat thi
ya gungunati jhumti

naghmat ki barish mein bhigi
wasl ki saughat thi

ek shahr tha ek bagh tha ek raat thi
aur un ke daman mein

bahaar-e-wasl ki saughat thi
ek roz rang-o-nur ke mausam ko

baad-e-shart uDa kar le gai
ek mauj-e-KHun kahiye use

us shahr ke us bagh ke
nam-o-nishan sare baha kar le gai

ai nauhagar
ai raqim-e-afsana-e-zer-o-zabar

ai chashm-e-hairat chashm-e-tar
ibrat ki ja hai kis qadar

ab yaad ka hai ek afsurda nagar
is shahr mein

kuchh der ko Thahren zara
nauha karen

qissa likhen
tariKH ke auraq mein

ek bab kholen yaad ka
taqdir-e-hast-o-bud ka

maghmum afsana likhen