tujh ko chand nahin kah sakta
kyunki ye chand to is dharti ke chaar taraf nacha karta hai

main albatta diwana hun
tere gird phira karta hun

jaise zamin ke gird ye chand aur suraj ke gird apni zamin nacha karti hai
lekin main bhi chand nahin hun

main baadal ka ek tukda hun
jis ko teri qurbat ki kirnon ne utha kar zulfon jaisi narm hawa ko saunp diya hai

lekin baadal ki qismat kya
tere firaq ki garmi mujh ko pighla kar phir aansu ke ek qatre mein tabdil karegi

tujh ko charagh nahin kah sakta
kyunki charagh to sham-e-ghariban ke sahra mein subh-e-watan ka naqsh-e-qadam hai

mujh mein itna nur kahan hai
main to ek daryuza-gar hun

suraj chand sitaron ke darwazon par dastak deta hun
ek kiran do

ek dahakta angaron do
kabhi kabhi mil jata hai

aur kabhi ye daryuza-gar khali hath chala aata hai
main to ek daryuza-gar hun

kaliyon ke darwazon par dastak deta hun
ek chutki bhar rang aur use khushbu de

lafzon ka kashkol liye phirta rahta hun
kabhi kabhi kuchh mil jata hai

aur kabhi ye daryuza-gar chaak-gareban phulon ko khud apne gareban ka ek tukda de aata hai!
tujh ko khwab nahin kah sakta

khwabon ka kya
khizan-rasida patti ke manind hawa ki thes se bhi tuta karte hain

lekin main bhi khwab nahin hun
khwab to wo hai jis ko koi dekh raha ho

main ek did hun
ek gita hun

ek injil hun ek quran hun
rahguzar par pada hua hun

sud o ziyan ki is duniya mein kise bhala itni fursat hai
mujhe utha kar jo ye dekhe

mujh mein aakhir kya likkha hai
tujh ko raaz nahin kah sakta

raaz to akasr khul jate hain
lekin main bhi raaz nahin hun

main ek ghamgin aaina hun
meri nazmon ka har misra is aaine ka jauhar hai

aaine mein jhank kar log apne ko dekh rahe hain
aaine ko kis ne dekha

tu hi batla tere liye main laun kahan se ab tashbihen
jis tashbih ko chhuta hun wo jhijhak ke pichhe hat jati hai

kah uthti hai
main naqis hun

jaan-e-tamanna
tera shaer tere qaside ki tashbib ki wadi hi mein aawara hai