khauf ke jazire mein qaid hun main barson se
dur tak fasilen hain

aur un pe lohe ki unchi unchi baden hain,
nok-dar kilen hain

dalta kamanden hun jail ke kinaron par
khar-dar taron par

sitiyan si bajti hain der tak samaat mein
pahre-dar aate hain

bediyan si sajti hain
panw ko uthana, bhi hath ko hilana bhi

jism bhul jata hai
jurm bhi nahin malum, umr bhi nahin malum

kuchh pata nahin mujh ko us taraf fasilon ke
kis qadar samundar hai

kashtiyan bhi chalti hain, baadban bhi khulte hain
nur ke jahan bhi hain, jism ke makan bhi hain,

aadmi wahan bhi hain
chhodiye, nahin jate

kya karenge bahar bhi
thik hai fasilon mein

aansuon ki jhilon mein chand ko utarenge
be-hisi ke tilon par naqsh-e-pa ubhaarenge

maut ke glamour mein dub dub jaenge
qabr ke andhere se raat ko sajaenge

maut ka fasurda-pan kitna khubsurat hai
ek jahan udasi ka bas meri zarurat hai!