shumar karta hai mujh ko wo har kisi ki tarah
mujhe to maut bhi aati hai zindagi ki tarah

jahan ke ped bhi hum se kalam karte the
ab us gali se guzarte hain ajnabi ki tarah

tujhe bayan bhi kar dun pa kaun manega
utar raha hai tu mujh mein kisi wahy ki tarah

wo tishna-lab hun ki patthar nichod kar rakh dun
magar ye pyas to bahti nahin nadi ki tarah

main us ko dekhta rahta hun tiktiki bandhe
fasil ghumne lagti hai phir ghadi ki tarah

zara si der ko ojhal agar wo hota hai
andhera phailne lagta hai raushni ki tarah