chaḌhte dariya se bhi gar paar utar jaoge
paanv rakhte hi kinare pe bikhar jaoge
vaqt har moḌ pe divar khaḌi kar dega
vaqt ki qaid se ghabra ke jidhar jaoge
ḳhana-barbad samajh kar hamen Dhalti hui raat
tanz se puchhti hai kaun se ghar jaoge
sach kaho shaam ki avara hava ke jhonko
us ki ḳhushbu ke ta.aqub men kidhar jaoge
aage baḌh ja.enge phir donon hi chup chup yuun to
main pukarunga tumhen tum bhi Thahar jaoge
zabt-e-ehsas ke zindan se kahin bhaag chalo
aur kuchh der yahan Thahre to mar jaoge
naqsh-e-imroz se aage na nigahen dauḌao
kal ki tasvir jo dekhoge to Dar jaoge
main bhi saaya huun siyah raat men kho ja.unga
tum bhi ik ḳhvab ho pal-bhar men bikhar jaoge
raste shahr ke sab band hue hain tum par
ghar se nikaloge to ‘maḳhmur’ kidhar jaoge
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