jite-ji dukh sukh ke lamhe aate jaate rahte hain
ham to zara si baat pe pahron ashk bahate rahte hain
vo apne mathe par jhuTe rog saja kar phirte hain
ham apni ankhon ke jalte zaḳhm chhupate rahte hain
soch se paikar kaise tarshe soch ka ant nirala hai
ḳhaak pe baiThe aḌe-tirchhe naqsh banate rahte hain
sahil sahil daar saje hain mauj mauj zanjiren hain
dubne vaale dariya dariya jashn manate rahte hain
‘aḳhtar’ ab insaf ki ankhen zar ki khanak se khulti hain
ham pagal hain lohe ki zanjir hilate rahte hain