tumhein july ki unniswin tapti jhulasti dopahar ab yaad kab hogi
ki jis ki hiddaten kitne mahinon baad tak

hum ne badan ke har dariche par likhi mahsus ki thin
aur unhen nazmen samajh kar gungunaya tha

tumhaare jism ki pagdandiyon par chalte chalte ek aisa mod aaya tha
jahan auham ilhami nazar aate hain

aur imkan nakaami mohabbat zabt aawazen samundar dard ban jate hain
sare khwab palkon ki hari shakhon se jhule lene lagte hain

simat aate hain sare hijr aankhon mein
wahin us mod par pahli dafa main ne ye samjha

ruh madda hai
ki is ki ek kamiyyat hai hajm hai bojh rakhti hai

aur us ka bhi badan hota hai
jis mein nanhe nanhe aaine yaqut ke manind bante aur bigadte hain

tumhein kab yaad hoga
tutte kamzor lamhon ke ye bandhan kis qadar mazbut hote hain

ki ab main har baras july ki unniswin tapti jhulasti dopahar mein
khwab jugnu aur sitare apni aankhon par rakhe mahsus karta hun

tumhein chhuta hun palkon se
hawa mein ungliyan bhar kar

tumhaare kan se sargoshiyan karte hue baalon ko
ek tamhid deta hun

nigah-e-khwab-aluda ke boson se
tumhaare jism ki sari safon par lafz rakhta hun

tumhein bharta hun banhon mein
tumhaari yaad-e-rafta se wahi lamha utha kar waqt ko sakit banata hun

to phir wo mod aata hai
jahan auham ilhami nazar aate hain

aur ek nazm ki takhliq hoti hai