Nazm

ek ke baad ek kai mauten mar kar
ab main zinda ho gaya hun

ek main hi nahin
yahan mere ird-gard

aur bahut se
kai bar

maut ka zaiqe chakh chuke hain
kuchh aise bhi hain

jo ek bar marne ke baad
dobara zinda na ho sake

kai mauten marne
ya har bar ji uThne par

hum kyunkar zinda rahe
aur ek bar marne ke baad

kaun si chiz hamein phir se zindagi ki taraf le aai
hamein nahin malum

lekin ek baat to tai hai
insan do tarah ke hain

aur ek bar marne wale
aur bar bar marne wale

ye bhi tai samjhe
ki ek bar marne wale

marne se pahle zinda zarur the
bar bar marne walon ke bare mein

ye baat yaqin se nahin kahi ja sakti