main rakh zada muskurahat janti hun
khinchti hain lakiren

aur nuqush bigadte chale jate hain
tumhaari muskurahat ki tarawat kyon nahin jati

ye to aur hi rang ka gara hai
kis ne gundhi hai meri mitti

rang hi nahin badalta
main apne rang mein

tumhaara rang milati hun
na main rahti hun

aur na tum
aawe ka khali-pan qahqahe lagane lagta hai

dhale dhalae
tarshe tarshae

tumhein pahchanna mushkil to nahin
magar meri poren

tumhein pahchanne se qasir hain
tumhaara wajud kis mitti se bana hai

gare ki khan-khanahat hi nahin jati