main un se puchhta hun:
pul kaise banaya jata hai

pul banane wale kahte hain:
tum ne kabhi mohabbat nahin ki

main kahta hun: mohabbat kya chiz hai
wo apne auzar rakhte hue kahte hain:

mohabbat ka matlab jaanna chahte ho
to pahle dariya se milo

ru-e-zamin par dariya se zyaada mohabbat karne wala koi nahin
dariya apne samundar ki taraf bahta rahta hai

ye supurdagi hai
ye supurdagi bachpan hai aur bachpan bahisht

lekin bahisht tak pahunchne ke liye ek jahannam se guzarna padta hai
main puchhta hun jahannam kya hai?

wo kahte hain: is sawal ka jawab darakhton ke pas hai
koi bhi mausam ho wo apni jagah nahin chhodte

unhen mitti se mohabbat hai
unhen parindon aur chiyuntiyon se mohabbat hai

jo un ke jism mein ghar banati hain
'ghar kya hai?' main puchhta hun?

wo sab hansne lagte hain
pahla mazdur kahta hai:

apni aurat ki taraf jao
har sawal ka jawab mil jaega