dadi-amman
(basti ke sab se mumtaz

gharane ki beti
sab se muazzaz

aangan ki dulhan
masha-allah

sattar ke pite mein hongi)
apna istehqaq mangti hain

dada jaan ki
das kam sath baras tak un se

andhi ghup kali raaton mein
chhup chhup ke milne aae

biwi ki zarkhez aankhon mein
sirf aulad-e-narina ke

khwab uga ke chale gae
ye shauhar ke raste mein

hael na huin
dil ke tukde

hostelon mein pale-badhe
haif ki un ke dukh-sukh mein

shamil na huin
dada-jaan ki sakht tabiat ne

is ka mauqa hi na diya
ye wo natiq

jo khamosh rahin
is na-zeba khamoshi mein

aag lagane ke din aae
ab apne chaqmaq mangti hain

un ke andar tanhai ka zahr utarta chala gaya
(aur zamana

ird-gard se
parchhain ki tarah guzarta chala gaya)

sog mein hain,
tiryaq mangti hain

ek janam tak
andhi gungi bahri ban ke

apne hi ghar mein be-dakhl,
be-qadri ke sakhi-hasan mein dafn rahin

aaj nae aafaq mangti hain
dadi aman talaq mangti hain