kaun jaane!
shaihr kitnaa jalaa ho, kaun jaane!
kahiin koi bachaa ho, kaun jaane!
raheN ham is shaihr men - aur tum bhi
yeh kiskaa faisalaa ho, kaun jaane!
nazar milte hi uThTi hai yeh daihshat
voh kya kuchh jaanta ho, kaun jaane!
(daihshat =fear)
nahiin tha bazm men yeh theek hai par
woh aana chahtaa ho, kaun jaane!
na kar toofaan par itnaa bharosaa
kahiin woh khushnumaa ho, kaun jaane!
(khushnumaa =pleasant)
banaa kar kah rahaa hai who nasiihat
hamaaraa vaaqi'aa ho, kaun jaane!
(nasiihat = advice, fable, moral of a story)
abhi to shaakh par hi tha parindaa
udaa ho ya giraa ho, kaun jaane!
woh mujh se mashwiraah le to rahaa hai
magar kya sochtaa ho, kaun jaane!
(mashwiraah = opinion)
sunaayaa mujh ko jo kuchh aa'ine ne
use kis ne kahaa ho, kaun jaane!
bhalaa ab aasmaan naapenge kaise?
yeh paunaa ho, sawaa ho, kaun jaane!
use mujh se, miri har baat se hai
mujhe kis se gilaa ho, kaun jaane!
kisi ki aankh se yarqaan ud kar
bahaaron par lagaa ho, kaun jaane!
(yarqaan = jaundice)
baseerat kar rahaa hai ham sabhoN ki
woh khud kitnaa bhalaa ho, kaun jaane!
(baseerat =judgement)
kahiin yeh shaikh ki aaraa'ishoN se,
khudaa ghabraa gayaa ho, kaun jaane!
(aaraa'ishoN = embelishments)
zamaanoN tak takii hai raah jis ki
use kuchh ho gayaa ho, kaun jaane!
likha tha naam, phir rad bhi kiyaa tha
dobaara kyun likha ho, kaun jaane!.
chalo hogi sazaa roz-e-qayaamat
magar kaisi sazaa ho, kaun jaane!
jise zindaa ya murdaa DhooNDate haiN
woh apni Ayesha ho, kaun jaane!