Rango ki barish me bhigna chaha tha,
Berang zindagi ne sath nhi diya kabhi,
Tasvero me qaid hona chaha tha,
Tanhaiyon ne kabhi hone nhi diya !

Khabo me dekha chehra jo kabhi,
Asal me wo kabhi tha hi nahi,
Dastaan-e-manzil jo raah thi,
Wo ek paheli jo kabhi suljhi nhi!

Kahani jisne kabhi dastak di thi,
Kitabi panno se zyda or khuch nhi,
Lamhe jo khushnuma hua krte the kabhi,
Mukmmal unhe beete zamane se faryaad nhi!

Alfaz jo kabhi roke nhi rukte the,
Ab khamos lafzo se zyda khuch nhi,
Ek muskaan ke liye kurbaan jo zindagi thi,
Aaj ek surkh dewaar se jyda or khuch nhi,
Chahat se zyda jiske liye or khuch hua nhi,
Dil me zakham-e-nafrat se zyda or khuch nhi!

© Arya