zindagi main tere darwaze par
ek bhikari ki tarah aaya tha

apne daman ko bana kar kashkol
teri har rah pe phailaya tha

ek marhum kiran ki khatir
mujh ko thodi si ziya bhi na mili

dam-ba-dam dubte sayyare ko
apne markaz se sada bhi na mili

dafatan ek dhamake ke sath
kachche dhagon ke sire chhut gae

ungliyan chhil gain armanon ki
yak-ba-yak tar-e-nafas tut gae

aur phir ek ghana sannata
aur phir rasm-e-kohan ke gesu

kuchh dilase ki zabani baaten
kuchh dikhawe ke purane aansu

2
kohr mein dub gai thin shamen

waqt naraaz tha qismat ki tarah
raat ke rukh pe the zakhmon ke nishan

meri majruh hamiyat ki tarah
ek khatarnak kagare ke qarib

tujh se ladne ka irada le kar
main ne mohron ko sikhai shorish

main ne maujon ke bigade tewar
tu magar aai to ek lamhe mein

na wo tewar the na wo aahen thin
tere aariz pe mere aansu the

meri gardan mein teri bahen thin