Ret

tere aatish-fishanon se bahte hue
surKH-sailab ki pesh-goi

olympus ke aatish-kade se
sunahri hararat ki rahat chura kar

prometheus ke zamin par utarne se pahle
bahut pahle tariKH ke ghaar mein ek

sah-chashme ifrit ne is kahani mein ki thi
jise paDh ke KHud us pe diwangi ka wo daura paDa

KHud ko andha kiya
phir sunata raha dastan andhi taqat ki

barbaadiyon par rulata raha
aankh se sat sagar bahe

ret lekin hamesha ki pyasi
bujhati rahi aansuon se mere pyas ki aag ko

tu nahin jaanta ret ki pyas ko
ret ki bhuk ko

ret ki bhuk aisi ki jis mein sama jaen
loha ugalte pahaDon ke sab silsile

pyas aisi ki jis mein utar jaen
sare samundar

tere aansuon ke
magar tere aansu Tapakne mein kuchh der hai

der kitni lagi
hathiyon ki qataron ko

zer-e-zamin
tel aur tar bunne ki miad se KHub waqif hai tu

tu isi tel ki bu pe pagal hua
aur dhamakta dharapta hua

aa gaya ret ke raj mein
waqt ke aaj mein

waqt ka aaj tera hai jis mein
mirriKH o maraiKH se aage rasai hai teri

magar ret to par nahin taqat-e-par nahin dekhti
panw ko taulti hai

kise solti hai