pompiye dafn tha sadiyon se jahan
ek tahzib thi poshida vahan
shahr khoda to tavarikh ke tukde nikle
dheron pathrae hue vaqt ke safhon ko ulat kar dekha
ek bhuli hui tahzib ke purze se bichhe the har-su
munjamid laave men akde hue insanon ke guchchhe the vahan
aag aur laave se ghabra ke jo lipte hon ge
vahi matke, vahi handi, vahi tuute piyale
hont tuute hue, latki hui mitti ki zabanen har-su
bhuuk us vaqt bhi thii, pyaas bhi thii, pet bhi tha
hukmaranon ke mahal, un ki fasilen, sikke
raij-ul-vaqt jo hathiyar the aur un ke daste
bediyan pattharon kii, ahani, pairon ke kade
aur ghulamon ko jahan bandh ke rakhte the
vo pinjre bhi bahut se nikle
ek tahzib yahan dafn hai aur us ke qarib
ek tahzib ravan hai,
jo mire vaqt ki hai
hukmaran bhi hain, mahal bhi hain, faslen bhi hain
jel-khane bhi hain aur gas ke chamber bhi hain
hiroshima pe kitaben bhi saja rakkhi hain
bediyan ahani hathkadiyan bhi steel ki hain
aur ghulamon ko bhi azadi hai, bandha nahin jaata
meri tahzib ne ab kitni taraqqi ki hai
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