kaheen bedlee heye chahee
koe shakein hein,
sehm keye tanwar darekhtoon kee jukhtee huvee
yeye shakein, jen per abhi
pur-umeed patoon kee taliyaan hein ahista seye bejtee
iss yakeen kee sehr kee sheb meye
koe tedbeer soojhtee heye goya
jeiseye khood seye hein benteye
iss khiyal keye diyeye… khood hee seye
medhem hein jelteye
macdam apni safoon meye seedheye hein hoteye
bikhreye bhee hein ager chaheye, abhi tow
phir bhee jeiseye, khood seye theekh hein hoteye
…
serd mausem kee amed ka ishara hein kerteye
bulend azaeim keye gheireye meye
chund manoos saaf-dhuhndleye khavaab rehteye
wohh jilaa’ pana chahteye hoon jeiseye,
aur bazahir bhi nazr meye hein ayaan rheteye
lekin aye dil, nahi tum abhi nahi ana
chaho tow apni sotch ka tarazoo kaim rekhna
tehro mager, abhi nahi ageye bherna
abhi nahi ana
…
yeye ubherteye jo hein yahan
kabhee na-dehani meye jeb
maloom heye,
keye dhelteye hein wahan
suno, yeye tofaan aur hein…
inn pelkoon keye ansoon
nahi, tum bheegh jaogeye
tum abhi nahi ana