Hain KHwab mein hunuz

wo ek shai
ki jis ke liye pak tinat buzurgon ne

apne badan zehn ke sare jauhar ganwae
lahu ke guhar

KHar-zaron ki pahnaiyon mein luTae
wo ek shai

jise un jiyale buzurgon ne jeb-o-gareban
dil-o-jaan se bhi baDh ke samjha

jo hasil hui to
abhi baam-o-dar se siyah-raat lipTi hui thi

safar ki thakan ya
giran-bari umr ne

un ke aasab ko muzmahil kar diya tha
unhon ne ye socha

KHuda jaane suraj nikalne talak kya se kya ho
hasin be-baha shai ke haqdar

un ke jawan-sal bachche hain
us ki hifazat wahi kar sakenge

jawan-sal bachche
abhi bistar-e-istirahat pe soe hue the

jagae gae
subh-e-kazib ki dhundlahaTon mein

chamakti hui wo hasin shai
wirasat mein un ko mili thi

magar sab ne dekha tha suraj nikalne pe
un sust-o-chaalak bachchon

ke hathon mein mahfuz-o-qimti shai
ba-tadrij apni chamak kho rahi thi

tilism-e-tasawwur nahin ye haqiqat hai
wo be-baha shai

ki jis ke liye
har saubat gawara hai

manzil nahin
justuju hai

wo ek chiz jis par nichhawar
jiyalon ka raushan lahu hai

faqat rang-o-bu hi nahin
gulistan ki humakti hui aarzu hai

har ek nafa jaez nuqsan ke batn se hai
unhon ne jo hasil kiya wo ziyaada tha

aur aaKHir shab ke kuchh KHwab ko jo ganwaya
wo kam tha

isi na-tanasub husul-o-KHasara ka radd-e-amal hai
ki manzil ki aaghosh mein bhi

unhen sukh nahin hai