be makan tarik dhadkan gin gaya
chikhta chinghadta engine gaya!

ro raha tha sham ko suraj lahu
chalne wala thak gaya lekin gaya

qatra qatra raat sukhi dasht mein
reza reza pattharon se din gaya

shahr mein patton ne dastak chhed di
ai hawa kya jangalon ka sin gaya

raston ka jal phaila rah gaya
ek bagula sa utha aur jin gaya

baad mein tha bojh paper-weight ka
padh liya mujh ko laga kar pin gaya!

be-hisi thi aur naqsh-e-indimal
zakhm ka zinda talluq chhin gaya