na charakhDi na pyala zahr ka

har bashar nirdosh tere shahr ka

kya kahun magar apne dil ki zahr se

kya karun darad ki is lahr ka

jiske aage kuch na thahre

na teri sanson ki ginti ka yaqin

na tere thak jane ki baat

aur bhi sochon mein man Duba jata hai

jaise tu mara nahin

tujhe kisi ne mara hai

chahe kisi ahsas ya wishwas ne hi

tujhe kisi ne mara hai

kal is shahr ka shringar hokar

but marmar ka chaurahe par khaDa hokar

shahr ke bashindon ki

kadradani wa pyar—

ka banega ishtihar

muskrata jayega

har khile chehre pe har mayus pe

har pradarshan wa har julus pe

amawas wa purnaima par

lulon wa andhon par

har ek durghatna wa har pritimilan par

har ek badachalni wa har sachcharitr par

dekhkar bit bit

bus muskrayega

but ko na ansu kabhi

but ko na gussa kabhi ayega

ab to tere qatilon ko bhi tere is but par

beintha pyar ayega

kyonki har jhanki par but muskrayega

but ko na ansu kabhi

but ko na gussa kabhi ayega

na charakhDi na pyala zahr ka

har bashar nirdosh tere shahr ka

kya kahun magar apne dil ki zahr se

kya karun darad ki is lahr ka

jiske aage kuch na thahre

na teri sanson ki ginti ka yaqin

na tere thak jane ki baat

aur bhi sochon mein man Duba jata hai

jaise tu mara nahin

tujhe kisi ne mara hai

chahe kisi ahsas ya wishwas ne hi

tujhe kisi ne mara hai

kal is shahr ka shringar hokar

but marmar ka chaurahe par khaDa hokar

shahr ke bashindon ki

kadradani wa pyar—

ka banega ishtihar

muskrata jayega

har khile chehre pe har mayus pe

har pradarshan wa har julus pe

amawas wa purnaima par

lulon wa andhon par

har ek durghatna wa har pritimilan par

har ek badachalni wa har sachcharitr par

dekhkar bit bit

bus muskrayega

but ko na ansu kabhi

but ko na gussa kabhi ayega

ab to tere qatilon ko bhi tere is but par

beintha pyar ayega

kyonki har jhanki par but muskrayega

but ko na ansu kabhi

but ko na gussa kabhi ayega