Me kamre me pichle ikattees dino se
Faqat is haqeekat ka nuksaan gin ne ke koshish me uljha hua hu
Tujhe raigaani ka ratti barabar andaaza nahi hai
Jo campus ki pagdandiyo pe tahelte hue kat gaya tha
Tujhe yaad hai ki jab kadam chal rahe the
Ki ek pair tera tha aur ek mera
Kadam wo jo dharti pe awaaz dete
Ki jaise ho raaga koi mutreebo ka
Kadam jaise ke sa pa ga ma pa ga sa re
Tak dhinak dhin kadam chal rahe the
Kadam jo musalsal agar chal rahe the
To kitne gavaiyon ke ghar chal rahe ghe
Tune us raah ko mere tanha kadam ke hawale kiya
Un suron ki kahani wahi ruk gayi
Kitni fankariyaan , kitni baareekiyaan,
Kitni kaliyaan, bilaawal,
Gavaiyon ke hoton pe aane se pehle fanah ho gaye
Kitne Nusrat Fateh Ali, kitne Mehdi Hasan muntazir reh gaye
Ki hamare kadam sath phir se uthne lage
Jis ghadi meri awaaz sun ke
Tu ek zaviye pe palat ke mudi thi, wahaan se
Relativity ka janaza utha tha
Ki us zaviye ki koshish me hi unaan ke falsafii
Sab zamano ki tartiib barbaad kr ke tujhe dekhne aa gaye the
Ki tere jhukaav ki tamsiil pe
Apni seedhi lakeero ko kham de sake
Apni akdi hui gardano ko liye apne waqton me laut sake
Apne pheeke zamano se bhaage hue hai
Mere raaston pe aankh bichaye hue
Apni danist me yun khade hai ki jaise
Wo danish ka source yahi pe kahi hai
Magar mudd ke takne ko tu hi nahi hai
To kaise Florence ke tang galiyon me koi da Vinci uthe?
Kaise Spain me Picasso bane?
Unki aankho ko tu mayassar jo nahi hai
Tere mere ikhatte na hone ki keemat adaa kar rahe hai
Ki tere naa hone se har ek zama me
Har ek fann me, har ek daastaan me,
Koi ek chehra bhi taaza nahi hai
Tujhe raaigaani ka ratti barabar andaaza nahi hai