chae ki bhap mein ghulte, madum hote hue qahqahe sham ka bankpan koi misra dhuen ke bagulon mein compos hota hua koi nukta jo asrar ke ghup andhere se shoala-sifat sar uthae ajab dhima dhima nasha ikhtilafat ka apne nichle suron mein koi fikr marbut karta hua zawiya tanz ke nawak-e-khush-saliqa ki san-san hawaon se mahfuz sanson mein aarasta mukhtalif sigreton ki mahak sham ke surmai bankpan mein kisi coat, muflar, sweater se uthti hui khushbu-e-ashna jodti hai hamein ek samay se jo muddat se ek na-mulaem zamane mein mahkum hai kaun lahze ko wapas bulae samay ko mukammal kare apni nazmen usi ek tasalsul-zada daere mein hain purkar jin ki rihai pe mail nahin resturanon ke konon mein sahmi hui kitni shamon ka jadu yahan satr-dar-satr mahbus hai hum jo qaid-e-zaman-o-makan se nikalne ko par marte hain bhala sham dhalne pe alfaz ke panchhiyon ko jakadte hain kyun dam-e-taswir mein ye bagule, dhuan, bhap asiri ke aadi nahin sham khud raat ki god mein ja ke girne ko be-tab hai