sab se baDaa fareb hai khud zindagi 'adaa' — Ada Jafarey

kin manzilon luTe hain mohabbat ke qaafile
insaan zamin pe aaj gharib-ul-vatan saa hai

jis ki jaanib 'adaa' nazar na uThi
haal us kaa bhi mere haal saa thaa

hazaar kos nigaahon se dil ki manzil tak
koi qarib se dekhe to ham ko pahchaane

dil ke viraane mein ghume to bhaTak jaaoge
raunaq-e-kucha-o-baazaar se aage na baDho

kuchh itni raushni mein the chehron ke aaine
dil us ko DhunDhtaa thaa jise jaantaa na thaa

bas ek baar manaayaa thaa jashn-e-mahrumi
phir us ke baad koi ibtilaa nahin aai

kam-umri mein sunet hain
mar jaate hain achchhe log

baDe qalaq ki baat hai ki tum ise na paDh sake
hamaari zindagi to ik khuli hui kitaab thi

umr bhar kaun nibhaataa hai ta'alluq itnaa
ai miri jaan ke dushman tujhe allaah rakkhe

main tujh se saath bhi to umar bhar kaa chaahtaa thaa
so ab tujh se gilaa bhi umar bhar kaa ho gayaa hai

apne man mein Duub kar paa jaa suraagh-e-zindagi
tu agar meraa nahin bantaa na ban apnaa to ban

zindagi ke bahut qarib na jaa
faasla kuchh to apne dhyaan mein rakh