dafatan yunhi ek din
aaine mein KHam aaya
is tarah wo bauraya
meri KHushnuma surat
KHun se ho gai lat-pat
paine kanch ke TukDe
har taraf chhiTakne lage
ek TukDa aawara
jaane kaise ja pahuncha
yaad ki sawari par
bhule-bisre mazi par
bijli ki tarah chamka
jab wo ja ke Takraya
gum-shuda ek patthar se
uTh gae bawanDar se
ek dam ye yaad aaya
main ne hi uchhaala tha!
is ana ke patthar ko
dagh-e-dil ke nashtar ko
wo hi lauT kar aaya
aaine se Takraya
dafatan yunhi ek din!
Nazm
Aaine mein KHam aaya
Ashok Lal