sar-zamin-e-tamanna ki mitti salakhen ugane lagi hai
giraftar hone ka mausam

sar-e-qarya-e-arzu
aaftab-e-halakat ki surat chamakne laga hai

shuaon ke nokile panjon ne jismon ko zakhmi kiya hai
bhanwar dar bhanwar raushni ke samundar

tufan qaidi hue
ye basti gunahon se mamur aafat-rasidon ki basti hai

nau-zaida aarzu intihaon ke imkan samete
zamiron mein luthdi jaraem-zada khwahishon ko

mitae to kaise
ragon ke darichon se lipti fasilon ko rezon ki surat

hawa mein uchhaale to kaise
ki us ka nawishta faqat az-sar-e-nau giraftar hona

ne daeron ke tasallut mein jina
siyahi ke baatin mein maujud ghaaron mein rahna

halakat ki sar-chashma-gahon se
aazad rahne ki azmat se waqif hawao

hamari fasilon ki jaanib bhi aao
hamein ye batao

giraftar hona hamara nawishta nahin tha
iradon mein maujud tauq-o-salasil

hawasnak dahshat
tamanna ki mitti mein faulad hote rahe hain

khud apni tawana haqiqat
giraftar karne se qasir rahe main