*Ghazal -not a crime!

             Eyes are to see and seeing is not a crime

            Hearts are to love and loving is not a crime

            Murder or suicide is a crime no doubt

            But see killing with eyes is not a crime

            People fear to open their mouth in this country

            I don’t, voicing my ideas is not a crime

            I don’t mind heaven or hell after I die

            Let me drink for drinking is not a crime

            Don’t love for love is a crime here my friend

           But murder or kidnapping is not a crime

            Living has become very difficult here

            I was born here, but that too is not a crime

*ghazal is a form poem originally written in Urdu literature.