ye aansu be-sabab bante nahin hain
inhen tum sirf pani kah ke mat talo

bahut se hadse aae magar ye tsunami-lahren
har aafat se aage hain hamare dil hila kar

aansuon ka sail ban kar bah raha hai
hazaron be-sahaara log

yun bhi marne wale the
magar zer-e-zamin pani samundar ki ye lahren

jism ke tukde ko mitti bana kar kha gai hain
jise sab zalzale ka nam dete hain

aakhir samundar ki ye lahren zamin ko chaak kar ke aain hain
is tarah mitti ko mitti se milati hain

hamare ashk bahne do
ki gham har gam rag rag mein samaya hai

hamein gham tha hamari ibtida gham se hui thi
aur intiha bhi gham hai

magar ye aansuon ka sail bahne do
ki shayad kuchh sakun mil jae

mere dida-e-bina ko aakhiri lamhe