nar-o-namrud ka wo qissa to parina hai
kya kaha

misr-o-kanan ke ta'alluq ki kahani chhedun
misr-o-kanan mein kya rakha hai

nil ki lahron ke hamrah chale the musa
karne gharqab usi nil mein kis ko aakhir

aur shaddad
wo jannat kaisi

kis ke kya khwab the kya makr the kya hile the
aao sab dafn karen

kohna auraq mein kya rakkha hai
lao album wo zara

dekhen taswir nai
khushbu-o-rang-o-dhanak baadal ki

han wahi qarya jo tahzib ka gahwara tha
dekh kar jis ka fusun

rasta wapsi ka kitne musafir bhule
tum ko malum nahin hai shayad

uf ye taswir-e-siyah
ye siyah-ruh jo tarik guphaon mein raha karti thi

panja-e-khunin ne us ke aakhir
khitta-e-arz-e-muqaddas ko lahu-rez kiya

kya amiran-e-ajam kaise faqihan-e-haram
sab ke sab us ki hatheli mein hain band

dekh ejaz-bayani us ki
munh chhupae hue

shahr-e-babul ka sehr phirta hai
pattharon ko kiya raushan mashal

aur shajar tahni ko udta tair
is ajab dhund ajab sehr mein madhosh the sab

ki yakayak giri taswir ek aur album se
dekhte kya hain ki us khitte ke ek goshe se

waris-e-shahr garan-khwab uthe
qulba-rani ne jinhen azm-e-musammam bakhsha

jism mein thonki hui kilen sabhi
noch kar phenk hi din

hosh aate hi chale qasr-e-muqaddas ki taraf
aur siyah-ruh wo tarik gupha

jis ne is qasr-e-muqaddas ko kiya tha masmum
natiqa sar-ba-gareban us ka

sahiri shola-bayani-o-adakari sabhi gung