kyuun hairat se takti hai ek ik chehre ko
kya tujh ko shikva hai teri goyai ki taqat
chhin ke qudarat ne be-insafi ki hai?
kya tujh ko ehsas hai tere paas agar guftar ki neamat hoti
to is charon janib phaili hathiyaron ki duniya
siina dahla dene vaale tayyaron ki insan-kush avazen
avazen jin men insan ki ruuh shabana roz dabi jaati hai
mahshar-khez avazen kal-purzon ki jin se nafsi-nafsi ka aalam paida ho kar
din par din ifrit ki surat men badhta jaata hai
in avazon ki haibat-naki par vavaila karti
tu avaz uthati us fashi aur taassub phailane vaale unsur ko badhta pa kar
jo hubb-ul-vatani ke naam pe insan-kush hota jaata hai
tu un rujhanat ki khuub mazammat karti
un se ladti jo is duniya ko pichhe le jaane men koshan hain
‘mazhab aur tahzib’
‘saqafat’ aur ‘taraqqi’ kah kar rajat-parvar ho jaate hain
le main tujh ko apni goyai deta huun!
ye mere kaam nahin aai kuchh
main aisa buzdil huun jo har be-insafi ko chupke chupke sahta hai
jis ne ‘maqtal’ aur ‘qatil’ donon dekhe hain
lekin danai kah kar
apni goyai ko gunga kar rakha hai!
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