is dasht me.n ik shahar thaa, vo kyaa huaa, aavaaragii
kal shab mujhe be-shakl sii, aavaaz ne chau.Nkaa diyaa
mai.nne kahaa tuu kaun hai, usane kahaa, aavaaragii
Shab: Night
Shakl: Aspect, Appearance, Diagram, Form, Image, Likeness, Model, Way
Be-shakl: Unbodied, Formless
Chaunkaana: To cause to start, to startle; to rouse, to waken; to make vigilant, put on the alert
ik tuu ki sadiyo.n se, mere ham-raah bhii ham-raaz bhii
ik mai.n ki tere naam se na-aashnaa, aavaaragii
ye dard kii tanahaaiyaa.N, ye dasht kaa viiraa.n safar
ham log to uktaa gaye apanii sunaa, aavaaragii
ik ajanabii jho.nke ne jab, puuchhaa mere Gam kaa sabab
saharaa kii bhiigii ret par, mai.nne likhaa, aavaaragii
le ab to dasht-e-shab kii, saarii vus’ate.n sone lagii.n
ab jaaganaa hogaa hame.n kab tak bataa, aavaaragii
kal raat tanahaa chaa.Nd ko, dekhaa thaa mai.nne Kvaab me.n
‘mohsin’ mujhe raas aayegii shaayad sadaa, aavaaragii