sun
dariya apni mutthi khol raha hai
sun
kuchh patte aur patton ke saath kuchh hava ukhad gai hai
jangal ke ped irade
zamin ko bosa de rahe hain
chahte hain dariya ko mutthi ka jaal lagaen
ankhen manzar tah karti ja rahi hain
samundar mitti ko chaukor kar nahin pa rahe sun
gali lai pe funkar rahi hai
is men jale hue kapde phenk
ziine galiyon men dhanse ja rahe hain
jismon se ankhen bandh di gai hain
bahte sitare tujhe aks kar rahe hain
tere paas koi chehra nahin
bata
jangal se lautne valon ke paas
mere lafz the ya murat
kai janm baad baat dohrai hai
meri baat men jaal mat laga meri baat bata
bata
bojhal saae pe kitna vazn rakha gaya tha
sun
maut ki chadar tumhari ankhen napna chahti hai
kanche is chadar ko chhed chhed kar denge
chadar men pahle hi si kar laai thi
kya paimana zang-alud tha
ye chadar tumhen mitti se duur rakhegi
aisi had aisi had se mera vajud inkar karta hai
tumhara vajud to parinde rat chuke
tumhari zaban kahin tumhari muhtaj to nahin
mere aaza par e’tibar kar
main hairaton ka inkar huun
mukhtalif rang ke charagh
aur paniyon ki zabanen
aadmi insan hone chala tha ki kuaan suukh gaya
kya aadmi ne kunen men nafrat phenk di thi
nahin
vo sada gumbad ko todti hui
thoda sa asman bhi tod laai thi
chadar aur avaz ko tah kar ke rakh do
lautne tak meri avaz dharti pe gunjti rahe
jaise jaise tum jaoge
khatm hote jaoge
tum do ankhen rakhna magar fasle ko bedar mat karna
aankhon ki tik-tik saara jangal janta hai
tum khamosh rahna
aur haan zaban ka ilm apne saath lete jaao
tum pedon aur chidiyon ki guftugu sunna
absharon ke vaar sahna
main ye tukda asman ko rangne ja rahi huun
rukhsat ho rahi ho
aane ka vaada hai
vaade chaukhat ghadiyan jod jod kar banae gae hain
vaade ko khadaun mat pahnao
chaap ka iqrar dekh mere qadam ki rakhvali karti hai
main apne charagh ki lau se
tumhari jhonpadi bandhe jaati huun
lo aur ye jhonpadi
jis vaqt apna apna dam tod den
to samajh lena
main koi zinda nahin rahi hongi
diya tarikiyon ko chaukanna rakhega
saans tap chuke
aur mitti mujhe bula rahi hai
achchha charagh aur chadar ko bandh do
hairat hai
tum haqiqat ki tisri shakl nahin dekhna chahte
aag ko kuuze men band kar do
aur
ye raha charagh aur chadar
ye to raakh hai
”ye raakh nahin mere safar ki gavahi hai”