bij andar hai
lekin main bahar hun

apni zamin se
faqat musht do musht upar

khala mein uga hun
meri koi jad hi nahin hai

nahin ilm
talif ki raushni ne

hawa aur pani ne kis tarah sincha
nami kaise mere masamon mein aai

judai
sahi main ne kaise

muqarrar jo azalon se tha
bich ka fasla

wast na wast ka marhala
main ne kaise gawara kiya

aasman ke tale
main ne dharti pe phaile hue

ek sondhi si khushbu mein lipte hue
lahlahate jahanon ka

khushk aur banjar zamanon ka
kaise nazara kiya

chand kanton ki sui se
kaunain ke

apne qutbain ke
pech-o-kham mein

wajud-o-adam mein
jali aur khafi sare abaad ki samt

kaise ishaara kiya
main ne kaise ba-yak waqt

apni fana aur baqa se kinara kiya
bij andar hai

kaise samajh paega
be-numu o numu-kar duniya mein

mujh jaise paude ne
kaise guzara kiya