naari aur shudar ko saman samajhne vaale maha-purush
itihas ke pannon men kho gae hain
hont aaj bhi thartharate hain
lafz maile na ho jaaen
zamin thi to pathrili
lekin apna kuaan khoda
to paani mitha nikla
phunkarte abhushan
sanduqon men band kar ke
chabi buzurgon ke havale kar di gai
udte hue lafzon ko mutthiyon men pakadte hi
chand sharmane laga
raushni ka sauda karne valon ne
gahre gadhe khod kar
kirnon ko dafnana chaha
lekin vo zinda shiryanon men
lahu ban kar daud gaiin
masamon se phutte ujalon ki yurish men
bah nikle jaane kitne ‘mir’ o ‘sauda’
kitne ‘kalidas’
ulti pothi pakde pakde
jaane kab Dhaai akhshar sidhe
Dhaai ulte padhe
aur dariya men Dupki lagane se pahle
sarasvati ko kahte suna
dushyant ki angushtari lahron ke havale kar do
machhliyan chughul-ḳhor hoti hain
‘bharat’ ko apne andar thame raho
ta-abad