ajanabii Khauf fizaao.n me.n basaa ho jaise
sahar kaa shahar hii aaseb_zadaa ho jaise
[aaseb_zadaa = haunted]
raat ke pichhale pahar aatii hai.n aavaaze.n sii
duur saharaa me.n ko_ii chiiKh rahaa ho jaise
[chiiKh = scream]
dar-o-diivaar pe chhaa_ii hai udaasii aisii
aaj har ghar se janaazaa-saa uThaa ho jaise
muskuraataa huu.N pa-e-Khaatir-e-ahabaab magar
dukh to chehare kii lakiiro.n pe sajaa ho jaise
[pa-e-Khaatir-e-ahabaab = for the welcome of friends]
ab agar Duub gayaa bhii to maruu.Ngaa na ‘Kamaal’
bahate paanii pe meraa naam likhaa ho jaise
for whom? 