oonche pahaad par,
ped nahin lagate,
paudhe nahin ugate,
na ghaas hee jamatee hai.
jamatee hai sirph barph,
jo, kafan kee tarah safed aur,
maut kee tarah thandee hotee hai.
khelatee, khilakhilaatee nadee,
jisaka roop dhaaran kar,
apane bhaagy par boond-boond rotee hai.
aisee oonchaee,
jisaka paras
paanee ko patthar kar de,
aisee oonchaee
jisaka daras heen bhaav bhar de,
abhinandan kee adhikaaree hai,
aarohiyon ke liye aamantran hai,
us par jhande gaade ja sakate hain,
kintu koee gauraiya,
vahaan need nahin bana sakatee,
na koee thaka-maanda batohee,
usakee chhaanv mein palabhar palak hee jhapaka sakata hai.
sachchaee yah hai ki
keval oonchaee hee kaafee nahin hotee,
sabase alag-thalag,
parivesh se prthak,
apanon se kata-banta,
shoony mein akela khada hona,
pahaad kee mahaanata nahin,
majabooree hai.
oonchaee aur gaharaee mein
aakaash-paataal kee dooree hai.
jo jitana ooncha,
utana ekaakee hota hai,
har bhaar ko svayan dhota hai,
chehare par muskaanen chipaka,
man hee man rota hai.
zarooree yah hai ki
oonchaee ke saath vistaar bhee ho,
jisase manushy,
thoonth sa khada na rahe,
auron se ghule-mile,
kisee ko saath le,
kisee ke sang chale.
bheed mein kho jaana,
yaadon mein doob jaana,
svayan ko bhool jaana,
astitv ko arth,
jeevan ko sugandh deta hai.
dharatee ko baunon kee nahin,
oonche kad ke insaanon kee jaroorat hai.
itane oonche ki aasamaan chhoo len,
naye nakshatron mein pratibha kee beej bo len,
kintu itane oonche bhee nahin,
ki paanv tale doob hee na jame,
koee kaanta na chubhe,
koee kalee na khile.
na vasant ho, na patajhad,
ho sirph oonchaee ka andhad,
maatr akelepan ka sannaata.
mere prabhu!
mujhe itanee oonchaee kabhee mat dena,
gairon ko gale na laga sakoon,
itanee rukhaee kabhee mat dena.