Rang-e-siyah ke nam ek nazm

kisi nigro ke tanomand paikar ki manind
ye sahili aabnusi chaTTanen

ki jin ke kaTaw
samundar ki saffak maujon ke baKHshe hue

ghaw mein
wo samundar jo hai nilgun

nili aankhon ki manind
aur jis ki lahron ke hathon mein

KHanjar ke phal ki tarah jagmagata hua nuqrai jhag hai
mauj-dar-mauj yalghaar hai KHanjaron ki

chaTTanon ke sine hadaf hain
ye chaTTanen

jo pa-basta be-zindagi aur tanha khaDi hain
samundar ke is nilgun aaine se bahut dur

upar khule aasman pur
faza mein bhaTakte hue abr-paron ko

sakit jahazon ke arshon pa manDlane wale
safed aur aazad aabi-parindon ko

sadiyon se dekhe chali ja rahi hain
magar kya ye mumkin nahin

in chaTTanon ko is qaid se aur tanhai se
ho ke aazad

un taeron baadalon titliyon ki tarah
sabza-zaron khule paniyon aur raushan fazaon mein

lahraate phirne ki hasrat bhi ho
hai agar yun to phir

un siyah-fam be-bas chaTanon ko
izn-e-rihai bhala kaun de