Cigarette

jis tarah hasraton ke marghaT mein
dhire dhire sulag raha ho dhuan

jis tarah ho kisi sitare par
ek bujhte hue diye ka guman

jis tarah miT rahi ho ban ban kar
yas-angez waqt ki tahrir

is tarah tere surKH honTon par
kanpti hai ghane dhuen ki lakir

khelte hain faza ki sanson se
nanhe nanhe tilismi mar gole

halke nile dhuen ki lahron se
Dhulne lagti hai gard ranj-o-mehan

tere har ek kash ki talKHi mein
Dub jati hai zindagi ki thakan

hashr-samaniyan tafakkur ki
jab bhi leti hain dil mein angDai

tujh ko rah rah ke yaad karti hai
sham-e-gham ki udas tanhai

ye to sab kuchh durust hai lekin
aaj ki raat main akela hun

band kamra hai aur KHamoshi
hadse kar rahe hain meri talash

zehan ko Das rahi hai fikr-e-maash
kya karun kya karun kidhar jaun

tujh se kis tarah dil ko bahlaun
sochta hun ki gharq ho jaun

tere kaDwe dhuen ki KHushbu mein
lekin aisa bhi ho nahin sakta

tere kaDwe dhuen ki KHushbu mein
gham ka ehsas kho nahin sakta

tu mere gham ko kya miTaega
tu bhi meri tarah hai shoala-fishan

mere sine mein jal rahi hai aag
tere sine se uTh raha hai dhuan

mere dil mein bhi soz palta hai
main bhi jalta hun tu bhi jalta hai