magar
shahr-e-viran

tumhaare gharon maqbaron ki munderon chhaton par
jo budhe parindon ki sargoshiyan hain [...]

ab main har sham bagh mein ja kar
tum se chhup-chhup ke mil nahin sakti

kyunki kahte hain log ye mujh se
main hun ab manzil-e-jawani mein [...]

tum jahan se bhi aawaz doge mujhe
main chala aaunga

apne ham-rah le kar tumhaare liye
nikhat-e-dosti [...]

har koi
aate jate hue

ek patthar uthata hai
aur phenk deta hai mujh par [...]

maut manzil hai
hum musafir hain

zindagi ek hasin rasta hai
qafile hain rawan-dawan jis par [...]

ye hawaen ye fazaen ye sulagte ehsas
kitne gham badh ke andheron ki tarah phail gae

kitne chehron ke diye bujh gae jalte jalte
ahd-e-mazi ki alamnak ghadi phir teri yaad ki taswir utha lai hai [...]