Shahr-e-kitaab ujaR gaya, harf barahnaa sar hue

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Shahr-e-kitaab ujaR gaya, harf barahnaa sar hue

Naghma hai surma dar -gulu, she’r watan badar hue

Mausam-e-dard ke safiir jo bhi nadeem the so the

Ab to sabhi farefta, daanaa-o-daam par hue

Jam-o-suboo ki aabroo, ahl-e-hawas ke haath hai

Jab se faqiih-o-muhtasib, shahr mein mo’tebar hue

Sarv_jawaaN ki maut par royeingi QumriyaaN bahut

YuN to ba-faiz-e-baghbaaN, Qatl kayi shajar hue

Dar khor-e-harf-e-yaar the jin ke liye hamiN ‘Faraz’

Aaj wohi sitam zareef, ghair ke naama-bar hue

(Ahmed Faraz)