Talash

december ke dalan mein

is chamakti hui aaftabi tamazat ko ruh mein utare

kiran-dar-kiran tum kise dekhti ho

KHunuk si hawaon ki in sarsaraati hui ungliyon mein

jo ek lams mahsus karne lagi ho wo kya hai

koi wahima hai? haqiqat hai koi?

ki ek KHwab hai jo sar-e-rah aa kar mila hai

shab o roz masrufiyat mein ghiri ho

koi kaam bhi ho

use ek lamha nahin bhulti ho!

tumhein kya hua hai

saDak par rawan

apni gaDi mein baiThi

yahan aati jati hui gaDiyon mein

kise dekhti ho

kabhi samna ho

to aankhon mein us ki

kise DhunDhti ho?