Raat ke paDaw par

raat ne apni mehrban bahen phaila din
aur siskiyon ka jawar bhaTa tarikiyon se lipaT gaya

taswiron ko pahchanne wale dilon ke dipak bujhte gae
aur un sari anjaan taswiron ke darmiyan

hairan aankhen hain
aur siskiyon ka jawar bhaTa

siskiyan jinhen zindagi ke tawil dinon ne panah na di
aur kirnon par bhagte hue

kisi ne nahin socha
nasheb mein ghaTiyon ke darmiyan raat Thaharti hai

kam aql musafir qadmon ki samajh mein na aaya
ki zindagi charindon aur hadd-e-nigah tak phaili ghas ka muahida nahin hai

aawaz ki samten mutayyan ho gain
aur taqlid ke aaseb lafzon ke pak-daman sayyaron ko raundte chale gae

anthak mehnaton ki samajh mein kuchh na aaya
yahan tak ki soch ki sunahri raushaniyan thak kar gir paDen

nasheb aur nasheb ki jaanib
junun ka nasheb

jahan raat Thaharti hai
aur pur-asrariyat ka saneha

jahan sarabon ke asrar khul gae
aur jahan musafir qadmon aur anthak mehnaton aur siskiyon ke jawar bhaTa ki dosti hai

ye raat ka paDaw hai jahan
aankhon ki tamam an-ginat saDken

KHuda hafiz ki bhul bhulayyon mein gum ho jati hain