vahi na milne ka gham aur vahi gila hoga
main janta huun mujhe us ne kya likha hoga
kivaḌon par likhi abjad gavahi deti hai
vo haft-rangi kahin chaak DhunDhta hoga
purane vaqton ka hai qasr zindagi meri
tumhara naam bhi is men kahin likha hoga
chubhan ye piiTh men kaisi hai muḌ ke dekh to le
kahin koi tujhe pichhe se dekhta hoga
gali ke moḌ se ghar tak andhera kyuun hai ‘nizam’
charagh yaad ka us ne bujha diya hoga
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