gandum ki wo boriyan
jo hamare hisse mein aaen

un mein kahaniyan nahin
mare hue kirdar bhare hue the

hum bahut muddat tak talashte rahe
apna jalaya gaya badan

magar koi naqsh mumasil nahin tha
hamare khal-o-khad se

ya shayad hamara naqsha pighal chuka tha
jo badan khud-ba-khud nahin jalte

balki jhonk diye jate hain
aag ki bal khai hui rassiyon mein

unhen tumhaari ilhami kitab
shahid likhti hai ya mahluk

ho sakta hai hamein kai sau sal pahle tak
zinda rakkha gaya ho reza reza tah mein

magar ab to hamein machis ki tiliyon ki tarah
band rakha gaya hai

makanon ki dibiyon mein
jahan apne hi lawe mein kholti rahti hai

hamare zehnon ki haya-bakhta baghawat
magar hum shahid ki darjati sidhiyon se

gir ke apahij ho chuke hain
is liye hamein salakhon ke sunahri jal mein

par phadphadane do
kahin aisa na ho

tum hamein sokhta diwaro ki matruk kahaniyan sunao
aur hum machis ki tiliyon ki tarah

bhadak uthen aur phir
jal ke rakh ho jaen

jali hui tiliyon ki jagah kahan hoti hai?
ye jalane wale se behtar

kaun jaan sakta hai?