मेरे बस में होता तो तुझे इस लम्हे में कैद कर लेता,
तू लाख मिनत्तें करता, पर तुझे ना जाने देता।  
मगर मालूम है मुझे, अब तू ‘वो’ नहीं रहा,
कैद में तू ‘मेरा’ तो हो जाता, पर तुझे ‘अपना’ कैसे कहता?

~रबी

[ If it were possible, I would have caged you in this moment,
You would have pleaded a million times, I wouldn’t have let you be gone,
But I know, that you are not the same anymore,
In my confinement, you would have been my ‘mine’, but how could have I called you ‘own’? ]