palak ke jhapakte kai sal bite
main wapas jo lauti to main ne ye dekha

mere ghar ki har chhat tapakne lagi thi
dar-o-baam ka rang maddham pada tha

wo aangan ki jis mein mahakti thi champa
us aangan ka har phul murjha gaya tha

faqat ek bargad ki tanha khada tha
wo tanha tha aur jaane kya sochta tha

khizaon ne har-su basera kiya tha
yahi wo jagah thi jahan mera bachpan

kai mehrban narm hathon mein guzra
yahin par meri tund-khu dhadkanon ne

nae mausamon ki bashaarat suni thi
meri sari subhen meri sari shamen

is aangan ki udti hui titliyan thin
magar ek din aisi saat bhi aai

mera ghar faqat chaar lafzon ki andhi aqidat ke aage
aap hi aap chup-chap ho kar

sabhi rabton se sabhi waston se alag ho gaya tha
bayaz-e-nazar ke wo mauhum nuqte

bhi phail ke daere ban chuke hain
nai zindagi mein

purane dinon ki
haqiqat faqat kanch ki tutti chudiyan rah gai hai

ki jin ko tashakhkhus ki hajat nahin hai