aa lagi hai ret diwaron ke sath
sare darwazon ke sath

surkh inton ki chhaton par rengti hai
nili nili khidkiyon se jhankti hai

ret
ret ruk ja

khel tai kar len
sunahre tash ke patton se darzon

rauzanon ko band kar len ret
ruk ja

sust barsaten ki jin par daud padna
jin ko danton mein chaba lena

koi mushkil na tha
tu ne wo sari nigal dali hain raat

raat hum hanste rahe ai ret
tu diwani billi thi jo apni dum ke pichhe

ghumti jati thi
us ko chatti jati thi raat

ret ki ek umr hai ek waqt hai
lekin hamein

khud se juda karti chali jati hai ret
na-gahan hum sab pe chha jaane ki khatir

ye hamari maut ban kar taza kar deti hai
yaaden dur ki ya der ki

ret ko mutthi mein le kar dekhte hain
apne poron se use chhante hue

hum dekhte hain
apne panw mein phisalte dekhte hain

ret par chalte hue
apne gesu se at jate hain

bhar jate hain pairahan
hamare baatinon ko chirti jati hai ret

phailti jati hai jism-o-jaan ke har-su
hum pe ghera dalti jati hai

ret
ret ek musbat nafi thi

ret sarhad thi kabhi
ret aarif ki aziyyat ka badal thi

aansuon ki gham ki pahnai thi ret
apni juyai thi ret

ret mein har-kas the hum
dusra koi na tha

ret wo duniya thi jis par dushmanon ki
mohr lag sakti na thi

us ko apna tak koi sakta na tha
ret par hum sun rahe hain aaj

pirana-sari ki apni tanhai
ki chap

din ke sahil par utar kar
aane wali raat ke tude lagati

ja rahi hai
na-gahan ki be-nihayat ko uda lai hai

ret
dil ke sune-pan mein dar aai hai

ret
ret