raat shahr aur uske bachche

sard maidanon pe shabnam sakht
sukdi sha-rahon munjamid galiyon pe

jala nind ka
masruf logon be-irada ghumte aawara

ka hujum be-dimagh ab tham gaya hai
randiyon zankhon uchakkon jeb katron lutiyon

ki fauj istimal karda jism ke manind dhili
pad gai hai

sansanati raushni hawaon ki phisalti
god mein chup

unghti hai farsh aur diwar o dar
fut path

khambe
dhundli mehraben

dukanon ke siyah viran-zine
sab ke nange jism mein shab

nam hawa ki suiyan be-khauf
utarti kudti dhumen machati hain

kuchh shikasta takhton ke pichhe kai
masum jaanen hain

khwab kam-khwabi mein larzan
baal o par mein sard-nishtar

bans ki halki akahri be-hifazat
tokari mein

darjanon majbur tair
zer-e-par minqar munh dhanpe khamoshi ke samundar-e-be-nishan mein

gharq bazu-basta chup
makhluq khuda jo gol kali gahri aankhon ke

na jaane kaun se manzar mein gum hai


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