"White Mohabbat se yaadon k nishaan mitati rahi raat bhar, Nishaan par jalti huwi shama bujhati rahi raat bhar.. Jin aansuon ko aankhein judaa na kar saki, Syaahi bankar kagaaz par behti rahi raat bhar... Ek muddat baad ghar ko nikla tha raahi, Sadke unhi raaston par bhatkati rahi use raat bhar... Jasbaaton ki numaish aur zakhmon ka bazaar, Lafzon ki dukaan par khariddar ulajhati rahi raat bhar, Har ek chaand ko raat mukkammal nahi yaahan, Khubsurat mehfilon mein tanhaayi sajti rahi raat bhar... Aur ek zamaana tha jab yeh sher-o-shayari ki duniya, Apna liya karti thi mujhe, Khali kagaaz ko kahaani sunati rehe gayi raat bhar... ©Gargi Banerjee"