mujhe ye yaqin tha
ki jab main sunaunga

is shahr ko
shab ke pahlu mein kis tarah paya hai main ne

to sab log mere qarib aa ke
hairat se mujh ko takenge

bhari piyaliyan chae ki
hath se chhut kar gir padengi

nigahon mein
gahri udasi ke baadal umadne lagenge

nae muashare ki
bad-amaliyon aur bad-chalniyon par

bade sakht lahje mein tanqid hogi
magar koi pyali na hathon se chhuti

na gahri udasi nigahon mein umdi
nae maashre ki

bad-amaliyon aur bad-chalniyon par
kisi ne na sang-e-malamat hi phenka

suna sirf itna
abhi tum ko is shahr ke jaanne mein kai din lagenge