aur phir yun hua
din ka ugla pahar sabz zaitun ki chhanw mein kat kar

ibn-e-adam utha
apne ek hath mein sanp aur dusre hath mein

ek mamola liye
arsh ki samt jate hue

mud ke wadi ke logon se us ne kaha
mujh pe iman lao khuda mar chuka hai

ye aflak o aafaq ka bar ab mere shanon pe hai
mahr o mah o kawakib sabhi mere aayat hain

aur wadi ke logon mein kuchh log dana the iman le aae
kuchh kashmakash mein rahe

aur kitne hi aise bhi the jo khud apni sadaon mein gum
ibn-e-adam ki aawaz se dur the

aur phir yun hua
chaar aafaq se ek ghana abr utha

aur wadi pe ek saeban ki tarah tan gaya
aur zamin jaise tapne lagi

aur wadi ke sab log ghabra gae
aisi aawaz mein jaise sakraat mein sans ki fasl ko

katta ho koi
ibn-e-adam ko sab ne pukara ki

ye maut ke kale dhakne ki manind aankhon pe rakkha hua
abr kaisa hai?

tannur par ek tanbe ki thaali ki manind tapti zamin kis liye!
dekh hum log aise larazte hain sinon mein iman

jaise larazte hon
ye kaisa aaseb hai!!

in ki aawaz laut aai
phir kanpte tilmilate dhadakte dilon se ye sab ne suna

abr se zahr barsega
tapti zamin aur dahkegi

wadi ka har ghuncha mar jaega
khak ke rahm mein sans leta hua aafrinash ka har bij

mar jaega
ye sadaen ufuq-ta-ufuq gunj uthin

aur sab ne sunin
un mein dana bhi the

jin ki danaiyan tan-barhana kunwari kanizon ki manind
lab-basta thin

aur wo log bhi in mein maujud the
kashmakash jin ke dil ki gunahgar jismon ke

masum bachchon ki manind hairan thi
aur kitne hi wo bhi the

masumiyat jin ki faulad-paikar ghulamon ki manind
maqtul thi

aur phir yun hua
sab ki nazren uthin jis taraf

apne ek hath mein arz-e-mahkum aur dusre hath mein
jauhari bam liye

ibn-e-adam khada tha kisi aatishin ped ki chhanw mein
niche wadi mein ek shor tha

wo hamara khuda hum ko lautao
taskin ki koi surat to ho

koi chhat koi saya koi saeban
kuchh to ho jis ke zulmat mein chhup ke hum

zindagi kat len
aur ye abr aankhon se ojhal rahe

wo hamara khuda hum ko lautao
wadi ka ye shor badhta raha

shor karti hui bhid mein wo bhi the
jin ke iman mazbut the

aur phir yun hua
ibn-e-adam ne dekha ki

wadi mein sadiyon ka budha khuda phir se maujud tha