banjar chehre
jin par

na barish ki pahli bund ka
izhaar ugta hai

na aate jate lamhon ka
koi iqrar inkar

na itminan na dar
aankhen

jin mein koi nigah
palkon se nahin ulajhti

baqi hawas bhi
khushbu aur khushbu ki shohrat se

aawaz aur aawaz ki quwwat se
yaksar aari hain

kaun hain ye log
kis mauj-e-fuzuliyat ki zad mein aa gae hain

chup khade hain
aur hum

din bhar mein
shahr ke sare

farishton aur shaitanon se
mil kar laut aate hain

magar ye chup khade hain
na qael hote hain

na zail!
in se hamara talluq

abhi tak wazeh nahin hua
talluq is liye

ki hum mazdur hain
aur ye jaanne ka

ishtiyaq rakhte hain
hamein kya kaam milega

in ke liye tower banane ka
ki in ke liye qabren khodne ka!