usne mujhse kaha tha

malgaji arz-e-gham zard sa aasman
aur ufuq-ta-ufuq aur shafaq-dar-shafaq
surmai baadalon mein udasi ke rang
us ke kamre ke mahaul mein


ek malal-afrin kaifiyat
us ki nargis si aankhon mein larzan hinai
nishan
al-aman


is ka ghuncha-dahan
adh-khule phul sa
us ke rukhsar par
surkhiyon ki phaban


aur burraq hathon pe rakhi hui zindagi
wo meri zindagi
dard ke silsile
phul afsurda kaliyan nidhaal


khandaron ki misal
baam ujde hue
hairaton ke safar
hijraton ke nagar


aur be-rang afsurda pazhmurda atraf ka shor-o-shar
us ki yaadon ke dukh
us ki duri ke gham
na-rasai ke arman


aur karb ki dhund mein
us ki hijrat ke dukh
main jo paltun to mazi ki bezariyan
baal khole hue matami rang mein par-fishan


ek barzakh ki wo raat thi
gunjti raat thi
jabki kamre mein sab jama the
us ne mujh se kaha


chalo aaj bahar ka mausam bahut dil-nashin hai