Har jada-e-shahr

shahr ki ek ek saDak
phankti aai hai lakhon hadson ki sard dhul

jaane kitne ajnabi ek dusre ke dost banne se kinara kar gae
aur kitne aashnaon ke dilon se miT gai pahchan bhi

sau nigahen lakh zaKHm
chaar-samti lakh jhuT

sau tamashon ke paDe hain ja-ba-ja dhabbe
jinhen

gard-e-masafat mein chhupane ke liye
barq-pa lamhon ko thame dauDte jate hain hum

lamhe do lamhe ko dam lene ki KHatir sust ho jaen agar
shahr ki ek ek saDak

aankhon se KHun rulwaegi
aur bana kar hum ko bhi ek dastan

dohrae gi
hanpti tahzib ke ek ek musafir se kahegi

dauDte jao yahi hai zindagi
mat ruko ek dusre ke waste

bhagta hai waqt
lekin lamha lamha

dauDna hai sab ko
lekin tanha tanha