mujhe kya agar mujh se pahle
ye dharti meri pyari dharti faqat ek hayula thi aur zinat-e-taq-e-nisyan thi

us ka tasawwur
mahz diyat ke chand zarre thi ya raste the

ye wo log the jin ki sari tag-o-dau hi dharti se tark-e-talluq pe mauquf thi
hawaon mein un ke tilismi mahal the

khala mein latakti thin un ki nigahon ki lashen
mujhe kya agar wo

sabhi apne dil ke dimaghon ke aankhon ke zakhmon ka marham sitaron mein ja dhundte the
kabhi chand ki zard kirnon se jalte labon ki magar tishnagi ko bujhate

unhen khabt tha ye hawaen sukun aashti aur ulfat ka chashma hain
in ke rawan tund jhonke hamari pareshaniyon ka mudawa hain

suraj dimaghon mein kachche khayalon ki faslen pakata hai
dharti to bas hum mein ehsas-e-beganagi paida karti hai

ruhen hamesha hi ek karb ki aag mein jalti rahti hain
dharti faqat ek zindan hai

jis se rihai ki surat falak chand sitaron se mansub hone mein hai
mujhe kya un ke jine ka maqsad hi

apni halakat tha khud ko bhulana tha
sari tag-o-dau se maqsud bas khud-kushi thi

wo buzdil the sab apne qatil the andhe the
un ki nigahen zamin dekh sakti nahin thin

unhen khud ka ehsas tak bhi nahin tha
wo sab kuchh the lekin mujhe kya

main un ke liye apni aankhon ko dil ko abas aansuon mein ghulaun
main kyon raat-din un ke gham mein jalun

main to un mein nahin hun
wo andhe the qatil the apne liye the

mujhe kya ki wo main nahin tha