Rang-e-siyah Ke Nam Ek Nazm

kisi nigro ke tanomand paikar ki manind

ye sahili aabnusi chaTTanen

ki jin ke kaTaw

samundar ki saffak maujon ke baKHshe hue

ghaw mein

wo samundar jo hai nilgun

nili aankhon ki manind

aur jis ki lahron ke hathon mein

KHanjar ke phal ki tarah jagmagata hua nuqrai jhag hai

mauj-dar-mauj yalghaar hai KHanjaron ki

chaTTanon ke sine hadaf hain

ye chaTTanen

jo pa-basta be-zindagi aur tanha khaDi hain

samundar ke is nilgun aaine se bahut dur

upar khule aasman pur

faza mein bhaTakte hue abr-paron ko

sakit jahazon ke arshon pa manDlane wale

safed aur aazad aabi-parindon ko

sadiyon se dekhe chali ja rahi hain

magar kya ye mumkin nahin

in chaTTanon ko is qaid se aur tanhai se

ho ke aazad

un taeron baadalon titliyon ki tarah

sabza-zaron khule paniyon aur raushan fazaon mein

lahraate phirne ki hasrat bhi ho

hai agar yun to phir

un siyah-fam be-bas chaTanon ko

izn-e-rihai bhala kaun de