kuchh dinon se main jab bhi
aaine mein apni halki safed laten dekhti hun

ek jaana-pahchana rasta nazar aata hai
jis ke ek kinare tum chal rahe ho

dusre pe main chup-chap ajnabi ban kar
tumhaara dhundla sa chehra

wo kali frame wale chashme
kanon ke pas ugi hui

kuchh aisi hi safed lakiren
main tumhein ghaur se dekh nahin pa rahi

bas chalte ja rahi hun tumhaare sath
tum se dur khamoshi se

is bar gul-mohar ke ped ki taraf nahin
ek dhalti hui sham ki or

dubte hue suraj ki taraf
wo safed lakiren ab phail rahi hai

halki sunahri raushni mein chandi si chamakti
wo chamak meri ungliyon mein utar aati hai

tum se dur hun phir kaise
andaruni thakan dhire dhire badh rahi hai

main pukarna chahti hun tumhein
hath badha kar chhuna

shayad tum bhi magar
kafi dur aa chuke hai hum

aur achanak wo sham
gahre andhere kuen mein dubne lagti hai

ek bhanwar mujhe kahin khinch rahi hai
main ab tumhein dekh nahin pa rahi

aur tum bhi mujhe dhundh rahe honge
tum ab bhi dur ho ya pas

kis kinare pe ho ab tum
kahin ye raat to nahin

wahi raat jis ka tum zikr kiya karte the
wahi raat jis ka din nahin hota

jahan hum mil sakte hai
kya yahin miloge tum mujhe