ehtijaj

hawa jab tak mere is jism ki diwar ko
bosida chhalni ki tarah
surakh-dar-surakh kar leti nahin
main sans lene ki koi qimat nahin dunga


ye aandhi
jab talak ghar ke andhere sard kone mein
musalsal timtimati budhi batti ko
bujha deti nahin


main raushni ke hath bai'at ke liye
apne ye sukhe hath
upar na uthaunga
naya suraj tulu' jab tak nahin hoga


main galiyon aanganon
kachche makanon
shahr ki viran sadkon
aur diwaron pe tariki malunga


tirgi phailaunga
suraj naya suraj
tulu' jab tak nahin hoga
main sare kosne


aur galiyan
har subh hawa ke dosh pe rakh kar
use paigham bhejunga
yahan jab log


tariki mein ghut ke mar rahe honge
hansunga
kosne dunga
ki main marne se pahle


ek dafa
bas ek dafa ji bhar ke jina chahta hun
main ki jo sadiyon purane ghar ke
tera kamre mein paida hua tha


be-his-o-murda
siyah jism aur zakhmi ruh ke hamrah
magar is bar main marne se pahle
hanste suraj ki shu'a'on mein nahana chahta hun


jis ki khatir
shahr ki galiyon
makanon aanganon
sadkon diwaron par


main tariki bichhata hun