hazaron patton par tum ko khat likhe
ek ek jaan pahchan wale se

puchhta phira hun
jitne munh the utni baaten

jaane kaun ho?
tum ko jaanta nahin, pahchanta bahut hun

pata nahin kaun se khwab mein
kis tarik lamhe mein

bechain be-nind raat ki kaun si karwat mein
achanak raushni sa tum ko dekha tha

tab se tum se mohabbat ho gai hai
tumhaara pur-sukun bhar pur chehra

us par meri puri pakad hai
tum ko pane ke pagal-pan mein

sari duniya ki tarikh jughrafiya
falsafe, samaji ulum

adab, shairi sare funun-e-latifa
sab kuchh jaan liya

tamam zamanon ki insani shaklen
tum se milata hun

taqdir ko likhe hue
aadmi ke sare mohabbat-name padhta hun

shayad kahin tumhaara zikr ho
abhi abhi tum ko

kasi hui bhid ke aakhiri sire par
dekha hai achanak

rele par rela, dhakke par dhakka
kahin bhi koi shigaf nahin

insani jismon ki unchi diwar
tum tak kabhi bhi

pahunchne na degi