damakte chehre ghaneri zulfen
ye sarsaraate hawaon jaise libas jismon ka bankpan dilruba adaen

ye jhilmilate makan rangin shahr chamkili caren
ye sab manazir jo rahaton ke sarab dikhla ke

khwahishon ke latif paikar tarash kar khwab bechte hain
bahut hasin hain

ye kya hua bas palak jhapakte hi sare manzar badal gae hain
ye khun mein dube hue manazir kahan se aae

ye man kahan ki hai kaun hai apne bete ki lash par sar patak rahi hai
naya dhamaka kahan hua hai

ye kaun hain kya shahid hain jin ke jismon se bam bandhe hain
jo in dhamakon mein jaan-ba-haq saikdon hue hain

shahid wo hain
ye kaun sa shahr kya jagah hai

jahan pe sailab ne phir se qahr dhaya
ye zalzala phir kahan pe aaya

fasad phir ho gaya kahin par
ye kya jagah hai

ye kaun masum bachchiyon ke burida jismon ko dhundhta hai
ye barbariyat ke sansani-khez manzar

bahut hi tafsil se chal rahe hain
kahan kahan se talash kar ke dikha rahe hain

mujhe pata hai
ye aalami ganw ka hai manzar

are khuda ke liye badal do
remote lao batan dabao

ye thik hai han ye hi laga lo
saji bani auraton ke qisse jo apne jannat-numa makanon mein

jal sazish ke bun rahi hain
ye bewafai ke ranjishon ke

jo silsile hain
chalo phir in mein hi sar khapaen

ye bhul jaen ki sari duniya mein wahshaton ka hai raqs jari