honTon pe qarz-e-harf-e-wafa umr bhar raha

thi titliyon ke taaqub mein zindagi meri

barha ThiThka hun KHud bhi apna saya dekh kar

tufan se qarya qarya ek hue

kya puchhte ho mujhse ki main kis nagar ka tha

tufan-e-abr-o-baad se har-su nami bhi hai

maine yun dekha use jaise kabhi dekha na tha

main us ka nam ghule paniyon pe likhta kya

tha ek saya sa pichhe pichhe jo muD ke dekha to kuchh nahin tha

apne qadmon hi ki aawaz se chaunka hota

ufuq ufuq nae suraj nikalte rahte hain

sham tanhai dhuan uThta barabar dekhte

shayan-e-zindagi na the hum moatabar na the

jo mujhko dekh ke kal raat ro paDa tha bahut

pahle to soch ke dozaKH mein jalata hai mujhe