gaaliyaan tankhvaah thahrii hai agar bat jaaegii
— Bahadur Shah Zafar
Gaaliyaan tankhvaah Thahree hai agar baT jaa.egee
Aashiqon ke ghar miThaa.ee lab shakar baT jaa.egee
Roo-ba-roo gar hogaa yoosuf aur too aa jaa.egaa
Us kee jaanib se zulekhaa kee nazar baT jaa.egee
Rahzanon men naaz-o-ghamza kee ye jins-e-deen-o-dil
Juun mataa-e-burda aakhir ham-digar baT jaa.egee
Hogaa kya gar bol uTThe ghair baaton men miree
Phir tabee.at meree ai bedaad gar baT jaa.egee
Daulat-e-Dunya nahin jaane kee hargiz tere saath
Baad tere sab yaheen ai be-khabar baT jaa.egee
Kar le ai dil jaan ko bhee ranj-o-gham men too shareek
Ye jo mehnat tujh pe hai Kuch Kuch magar baT jaa.egee
Muung chhaatee pe jo dalte hain kisee kee dekhnaa
Jootiyon men daal un kee ai 'zafar' baT jaa.egee