raat andheri thi sunsan thi aur main tang-o-tarik galiyon se hota hua ajnabi se khayalon mein khoya hua ek aise nagar ja ke pahuncha jahan sarsaraate darakhton ne phunkarti wahshaton ne mera khair-maqdam kiya chand lamhe khamoshi mein guzre magar phir achanak kahin se koi naghma-e-gham sunai diya meri nazren sada ke ta'aqub mein pahunchin bahut dur tak aur girta sanbhalta mughanni talak main pahunch hi gaya pas hi us ke thi ek qindil jalti hui khak ke ek tude pe chadar shagufta se phulon ki thi aur bhi an-ginat khak ke dher the main ki kuchh bolna chahta tha magar us ne meri taraf kuchh tawajjoh na ki jaane kya baat thi phir sahar ho gai aur main ek goshe mein gum-sum yahi sochta rah gaya kis qadar jaan-faza hai yahan ki faza kyon na har roz aata rahun main yahan ek din is nagar mein hamesha hamesha ko aana hi hai