Main Jab chhoTa Sa Tha Kaghaz Pe Ye Manzar Banata Tha

main jab chhoTa sa tha kaghaz pe ye manzar banata tha

khujuron ke daraḳhton ke tale ik ghar banata tha

main ankhen band kar ke sochta rahta tha pahron tak

ḳhayalon men bahut nazuk sa ik paikar banata tha

main akasr asman ke chand taare toḌ laata tha

aur ik nannhi si guḌiya ke liye zevar banata tha

uḌa kar roz le jaati thiin maujen mere ḳhvabon ko

magar main bhi gharaunde roz sahil par banata tha

miri basti men mere ḳhuun ke pyase the sab lekin

na main talvar gaḌhta tha na main ḳhanjar banata tha

hidayat-kar is duniya ke naTak men mujhe ‘vali’

kabhi hero banata tha kabhi joker banata tha