Sir Gukaya To Patthar Sanam Ban Gaye
Ishq Butka To Haq Ashna Ho Gaya
Rashaq Kerta Hai Kaba Mere Kufer Per
Jis But Ko Puja Khuda Ho Gaya

Karobar Tamana Main Ya To Hua
Un Ke Kadmoon Pay Marne Ka Moqa Mila
Zindgi Bar Gata Uth atey Rahe
Aaj Pali Dafa Fieda Ho Gaya

In Shimmering Heat I Sweated, Then Slipped
Into The Cool Of A War Museum At Ru. Guards
Sat Around Half The Day, Watching Visitors
Go From One Gallery To Another, Myself Awestruck
How The Seventies Turmoil, Rapes And Killings
During My Land’s Labour Pains Came Alive

On The Things Kept, Telling What The Monsters,
As Qumrul Painted Them, Did. Rifles, Exploded
Shells & Grenades I Saw, And The Martyrs’