बीच सड़क पर भिकारन को देख हाथ नोट भरे बटुए तक पहुँचे, पर जो कोई सिक्का ना मिला 'ख़ानाबदोश' दिल की दिलदारी ही सूख गई
The message is supreme;
Born in the heart,
and lilting itself
from tongue to tongue,
throwing its scent
over wind and wave;
travelling on dots
or fingers
when blindness
or silence bar its way.
It hews itself into stone
or burns itself onto magnetic discs;
it is the message that lives
and I exist
solely to pass it on.