ये अजीब सा वहम, कैसे बताए तुम्हें?

डर है कि कहीं तुम घबरा ना जाओ,

आसुओं से रिश्ता इतना गहरा हो गया?

पर कीमत उनकी अब तक कम ना हुई,

चीख दूं, तोड़ दूं, मरोड़ दूं, हर वक्त कहता है,

पर अगर समाज ने जानवर समझ पिंजरे में बंद कर दिया तो?

सोना जागना, कुछ फर्क बचा नहीं अब इनमें?

कोशिशों की हदों की ऊंचाईया छुएं बिना,

इतनी की पल भर से ज्यादा हसीं नसीब होती ही नहीं?

मेरे बचपन के दोस्त, वो दूर आसमान में सजे तारें,

कैसे कहे हम कुछ तुमसे?

डर है कि कहीं तुम घबरा ना जाओ,

How do I tell you any thing?

“How do I tell you any thing?”

This strange paranoia, how to tell you?

Afraid that you might panic,

In my storm, what if you also get caught. How to say eyes are never dry anymore,

I am so deeply related to the tears now?

But they are still priceless,

Because even if more frequent, they are genuine. How to say I want to just break apart,

Heart asks me to shout, break, twist, all the time,

But what if the society believes I am an animal and locks me in a cage?

This jail inside, even if it’s worse, it’s mine, at least. How to say morning, afternoon, evening or night,

Sleep, being awake, nothing makes a difference anymore?

Without struggling and making the hardest attempts possible,

Even eating has become a task. How to say happiness is a strange puzzle now,

So far that a laugh doesn’t last more than a moment?

My childhood’s friends, the stars decorated in the sky,

After sort of breaking my trust, they seem to twinkle differently. Now you tell me, if possible,

How do I tell you any thing?

Afraid that you might panic

In my storm, what if you also get caught.