Nuh ke baad

nuqta-e-sifr par waqt ka panw tha
zad mein sailab ki jab har ek ganw tha

nuh ne apni kashti ko taKHliq ki
jumla anwaa se bhar liya

ruba maskon ke sailab par apni kashti liye
koh-e-judi ki choTi ko sar kar liya

nuh ke waste jis parinde ki minqar mein
barg-e-zaitun tha

wo umid-e-musalsal ka qanun tha
hum jo kashti se aur barg-e-zaitun se

koh-e-judi se mahrum hain
mubtala hum ko is imtihan mein kya kis liye

itni lashon makanon ke malbon
ukhaDte daraKHton sisakte parindon

shikasta badan rewDon ko
kahan le ke jaen

hum to sailab se qabl bhi
mustaqil ek sailab ki zad mein hain

bhuk iflas bimariyan
zulm nadariyan

bad-diyanat shabon ki siyah-kariyan
ek pur-haul sailab se kam nahin

gardish-e-roz-o-shab se nikalte hue
nuh ne rah pali thi jine ki KHatir

aur tufan bhi ruk gaya tha safine ki KHatir
ab hamare liye koi murkkab nahin

koi kashti nahin
jis ke bal par kahin par utar jaen hum

nuqta-e-sifr par waqt ke panw ki tarah
ek pal Thahar jaen hum

jab ye kuchh bhi mayassar nahin hai to phir
hum ko fitrat ke qanun ab aazmate hain kyun

nuh ke baad tufan aate hain kyun