jaan kaa sarfa ho to ho lekin — Abdul Aziz Khalid

har baat hai 'khaalid' ki zamaane se niraali
baashinda hai shaayad kisi duniyaa-e-digar kaa

nai mohabbatein 'khaalid' puraani dostiyaan
azaab-e-kashmakash-e-be-amaan mein rahte hain

kaun mar kar dobaara zinda huaa
kaun mulk-e-fanaa se lauTaa hai

pursaan-e-pareshaani-e-insaan nahin koi
qismat ki girah naakhun-e-tadbir se kholo

shahidaan-e-vafaa ki manqabat likhte rahe lekin
na ki arzi khudaaon ki kabhi hamd-o-sanaa ham ne

parakhne vaale parkheinge isi meaar par ham ko
jahaan se kyaa liyaa ham ne jahaan ko kyaa diyaa ham ne

jinhein ye fikr nahin sar rahe rahe na rahe
vo sach hi kahte hain jab bolne pe aate hain

vo na aaegaa hamein maalum thaa is shaam bhi
intizaar us kaa magar kuchh soch kar karte rahe

maango samundaron se na saahil ki bhiik tum
haan fikr o fan ke vaaste gahraai maang lo

vo aql-mand kabhi josh mein nahin aataa
gale to lagtaa hai aaghosh mein nahin aataa

apni zabaan to band hai tum khud hi soch lo
paDtaa nahin hai yunhi sitam-gar kisi kaa naam

shorish-e-ishq mein hai husn baraabar kaa sharik
soch kar jurm-e-tamannaa ki sazaa do ham ko