jalva numaaii be parvaaii haan yahii riit jahaan ki hai
— Ibn E Insha
Jalva-numaa.ee be-parvaa.ee haan yahee riit jahaan kee hai
Kab koee laDkee man kaa dareecha khol ke baahar jhaankee hai
Aaj magar ik naar ko dekhaa jaane ye naar kahaan kee hai
Misr kee moorat chiin kee guDiyaa devee hindostaan kee hai
Mukh par ruup se dhoop kaa aalam baal andheree shab kee misaal
Aankh nasheelee baat raseelee chaal balaa kee baankee hai
'inshaa'-jee use rok ke poochhen tum ko to muft milaa hai husn
Kis liye phir baazaar-e-wafa men tum ne ye jins giraan kee hai
Ek zaraa saa gosha de do apne paas jahaan se duur
Is bastee men ham logon ko haajat ek makaan kee hai
Ahl-e-khirad taadeeb kee khaatir paathar le le aa pahunche
Jab kabhee ham ne shahr-e-ghazal men dil kee baat bayaan kee hai
Mulkon mulkon shahron shahron jogee ban kar ghoomaa kaun
Qarya-ba-qarya sahraa-ba-sahraa khaak ye kis ne phaankee hai
Ham se jis ke taur hon baabaa dekhoge do ek hee aur
Kahne ko to shahr-e-karachi bastee dil-zadagaan kee hai