phir wo be-samt udanon ki kahani sun kar
so gaya ped parindon ki kahani sun kar

kya yahi khwab ki tabir hua karti hai
ud gai nind bhi aankhon ki kahani sun kar

aable aise kabhi phut kar na roe the
jis tarah roe hain kanton ki kahani sun kar

hum wo sahra ke musafir hain abhi tak jin ki
pyas bujhti hai sarabon ki kahani sun kar

dard ki had se guzar kar to yahi hona tha
aankh pathra gai ashkon ki kahani sun kar

kashtiyan laut to aai hain magar ek sahil
soch mein duba hai maujon ki kahani sun kar

tum ne to sirf bahaaron mein unhen dekha hai
tum bikhar jaoge phulon ki kahani sun kar

sare kirdar siyane the magar jhute the
log hairan the bachchon ki kahani sun kar

kitna aasan tha bachpan mein sulana hum ko
nind aa jati thi pariyon ki kahani sun kar

un ko malum tha chehron ki haqiqat kya hai
chup rahe aaine chehron ki kahani sun kar