darun-e-jism ek tufan utha tha
jo dekha dur tak malba pada tha

musalsal dhul se jaise ata tha
hamein to aasman sahra laga tha

na us shab chand ubhra aur na tare
hamara hijr to tanha kata tha

jo tum bichhde to khud ko chhod aae
hamari dastaras mein aur kya tha

na utri chandni na roi shabnam
ajab ek dhund ka mausam bana tha

musalsal uljhanon mein wo ghira tha
mujhe wo shakhs kab tanha mila tha

kureda kya utar aai nami si
wo sahra hi abhi shayad naya tha

udai dhul khwabon mein musalsal
meri aankhon mein ek wahshat-kada tha

jawaz is mein khushi ka kya hai 'tara'
ba-sad mahrumi wo tujh se mila tha