yahin se guzra tha
karwan-e-shisha-garan

tum ko ma'lum hai pa-shikasta rahi
daraaz unton pe phutti shu’a’en

sabz lal nili ru-pahli aage
daraaz-qad shishagar sarban

tamkanat se mahaar thame
wo karwan to manzil se ja mila hai

sarban
mahmil pe jalwa-afroz hain daraaz

unton pe un ke daraaz-qad
ab daraaz-tar hain

mata'-e-shisha-gari
chur-chur bikhri hai rahon mein

reza-reza
hawa mein tahlil ho gai hai

udas rahi
tum jo pa-barahna nikle the dharti ke lams ki aarzu mein

chanchal hawa ki aaghosh mein zindagi ki asas pane
dekho

tumhaare qadam lahuluhan hain hawa ke bose tumhaare
tishna-labon ko majruh kar rahe hain

wo kaun hain kya tumhaare sathi hain wo jinhon ne
us shahrah se zara hat kar rangin plastic ke

kheme laga liye hain wo kaun hain jo plastic ke
dabiz malbus mein plastic ki naqaben jute

is dhaj se zakhmi zamin ke sine par gamzan hain
shikasta rahi

jo ho sake to pagal hawa se puchho
siyah jhadiyon mein kitne figar jism

wo sab jo nikle the dharti ke lams ki aarzu mein
jo ho sake to zakhmi hawa ke sine pe ab

ya figar dharti pe apne lahu se tum apna nam likh do
siyah jhadiyan ab bhi muntazir hain