Radd-e-amal

mujhe ye yaqin tha

ki jab main sunaunga

is shahr ko

shab ke pahlu mein kis tarah paya hai main ne

to sab log mere qarib aa ke

hairat se mujh ko takenge

bhari piyaliyan chae ki

hath se chhuT kar gir paDengi

nigahon mein

gahri udasi ke baadal umaDne lagenge

nae muashare ki

bad-amaliyon aur bad-chalniyon par

baDe saKHt lahje mein tanqid hogi

magar koi pyali na hathon se chhuTi

na gahri udasi nigahon mein umDi

nae maashre ki

bad-amaliyon aur bad-chalniyon par

kisi ne na sang-e-malamat hi phenka

suna sirf itna

abhi tum ko is shahr ke jaanne mein kai din lagenge