batan aaghaz ka dabte hi main ne
raston mein ja-ba-ja bikhri hui quwwat

har ek andaz se khud mein undeli thi
kitaben aur sakhiyan khwab aur manzar

sahifon ke sunahre harf sab jholi mein dale the
khabar thi jis muhim-jui pe nikli hun

yahan chalna musalsal rah daldal aur tawanai mera wahid hawala hai
badi muddat hui chalte hue mujh ko

chattanen hain aur un ke baad ek kala samundar hai
hare ude jaziron se bhara hai

jin pe panw rakhti jaun to samundar kuchh nahin kahta
ye dekho ek pal hai

takhta takhta girta jata hai
use girne se pahle par karna hai

ye takhte to bahana hain
mere panw hawa mein hain

ab aage saikdon shakha koi chhitnar hai
jis ki sabhi shakhon se unchi shakh par makkar dushman hai

use ya marna hai ya mujhe bach kar nikalna hai
ye agla marhala hai

ab wo dushman du-badu hai war karta hai
main aundhe munh na-jaane kin nashebon mein ludhakti hun

uchhaala khud ko deti hun
to ek baalisht se har bar rahti hun

nahin main is muhim-jui se ghabrai nahin hun
fikr bas ye hai

mere raste mein ab quwwat nahin hai
bas masafat hai