raat tarik thi ek kale samundar ki tarah
ajnabi des tha tanhai thi

jagmagate hue bazaron ki be-kaif faza
aur bojhal sa kiye deti thi jism-o-jaan ko

shahar ki had se pare
dur tak phaile hue ret ki saffaki thi

aasman dhul mein lipta ho ta-hadd-e-nazar
koi saya na sarab

car mein bajta hua git bhi alfaz ki takrar tha
be-ruh thi lai

phir achanak mujhe manus se ek lams ne bedar kiya
thapkiyan de ke mere shane par

pyar se sargoshi ki
main tere sath yahan tak aaya

main abhi chum ke aaya hun teri khak-e-watan
teri galiyan tere manus dar-o-baam tera ghar aangan

tere man-bap ke aazurda se mushfiq chehre
muntazir aankhon ki khamoshi ko chum aaya hun

tere aangan ki chameli ki dua laya hun
yaad hai yaad hai

koi kahta hi raha
wo september ki khunuk raat thi main tha tum thin

radio par koi bajti hui spanish dhun
dur pipal ke ghane jangal mein

hum ko madhosh kiye deti thi
yaad hai

tujh ko ladakpan mein kabhi
aam ke baur ki bele ki chameli ki mahak sath liye

kachche aangan mein jhuke nim ki shakhon mein hawa bahti thi
aur hum donon bahut der talak jagte the

raaz ki baaten kiya karte the
koi kahta hi raha

yaad karo yaad karo
dip se dip jale yaadon ke

aur kuchh aisa hua
yak-ba-yak chalne lagi baad-e-saba najd ke sahraon mein

aur ek nur ka dariya sa nazar aane laga sahra mein
car ke band dariche se utar aaya meri god mein chand