kaun baandhegaa miri bikhri hui ummid ko — Aazim Kohli

zindagi sundar ghazal hai dosto
zindagi ko gungunaanaa chaahiye

dukh pe mere ro rahaa thaa jo bahut
jaate jaate kah gayaa achchhaa huaa

'aazim' teri barbaadi mein sab ne mil-jul kar kaam kiyaa
kuchh khel lakiron kaa bhi hai kuchh vaqt ki kaar-guzaari bhi

baat chal niklegi phir iqraar ki inkaar ki
phir vahi bachpan ke bhule giit gaae jaaeinge

sabr ki takraar thi josh o junun-e-ishq se
zindagi bhar dil mujhe main dil ko samjhaataa rahaa

mohabbat karne vaale dard mein tanhaa nahin hote
jo ruThoge kabhi mujh se to apnaa dil dukhaaoge

ret par ik nishaan hai shaayad
ye hamaaraa makaan hai shaayad

shaahraahein dafatan shoale ugalne lag gaiin
ghar ki jaanib chal paDaa hai shahr gheraa kar tamaam

zamaana mujh se judaa ho gayaa zamaana huaa
rahaa hai ab to bichhaDne ko mujh se tu baaqi

pyaaso raho na dasht mein baarish ke muntazir
maaro zamin pe paanv ki paani nikal paDe

gham hai na ab khushi hai na ummid hai na yaas
sab se najaat paae zamaane guzar gae

ghulaami mein na kaam aati hain shamshirein na tadbirein
jo ho zauq-e-yaqin paidaa to kaT jaati hain zanjirein