Kahaniyan

yahan Thik is jagah
jahan ek chaTan ek gahri khai par jhuki hui hai

yahan ek chhitnar daraKHt tha
wo parinde yahan aate the

jin ke bare mein logon mein
ajib ajib kahaniyan mashhur hain

is chaTan ke pahlu mein
ek aatish-kada hai

jis mein har waqt aag raushan rahti hai
jis se us ke chaaron or baiThe logon ke chehre

is qadar raushan ho jate hain
ki is chhitnar daraKHt par baiThe parinde

KHauf-zada ho jate hain
lekin ab yahan koi chhitnar daraKHt nahin

aatish-kada sar ho gaya
aur us aag se raushan chehre bhi

bujh gae
ab sirf khai ki taraf jhuki chaTan baqi rah gai hai

ya wo ajib-o-gharib kahaniyan
jo khai aur jhuki chaTan ke gird chakkar laga laga kar

ab buri tarah ukta chuki hain