Rawangi

jahan pe main hun
bas ek kuhra-zada faza hai

jidhar bhi dekho safed chadar Tangi hui hai
nahin hai koi zamin aisi ki jis pe mein apne panw rakhun

buland-o-baala pahaDon se
hazaron patthar luDhak rahe hain

aur aandhiyan siTiyan bajati guzar rahi hain
qadim bhuri pahaDiyon se wo karwan bhi to TuT aaya

talash mein jo na jaane kis ki bahut dinon se bhaTak raha tha
wo garz-bardar sab farishte bhi mar chuke hain

jo KHair-o-shar par nigah rakhne ke waste the
koi bhi mizan nek-o-bad ki nahin hai qaem

yahan ab apne qayam ki koi saat mo'atabar nahin hai
uThao sahil se kashtiyon ko

bahao ka waqt ho gaya hai