hum teri talKH guftugu sun kar

qanun jaise kho chuka sadiyon ka etimad

milna paDta hai hamein KHud se bhi ghairon ki tarah

ujaD tapti hui rah mein bhaTakne lagi

wo pata apni shaKH se zara juda hua hi tha

ek qism aur zinda rahne ki

mere charagh ki nannhi si lau se KHaif hai

kuchh ehtiyat parinde bhi rakhna bhul gae

main ajnabi hun magar tum kabhi jo sochoge

kuchh nau-jawan shahr se aae hain lauT kar

raat ke lamhat KHuni dastan likhte rahe

bhul jaane ka mujhe mashwara dene wale

bolte rahte hain nuqush uske

bachcha majburiyon ko kya jaane

DhunDne wale ghalat-fahmi main the