shikast-e-zindagi vaise bhi maut hi hai naa — Afzal Khan

ye kah diyaa hai mire aansuon ne tang aa kar
hamein ba-vaqt-e-zarurat nikaaliye saahab

ye nukta ik qissa-go ne mujh ko samjhaayaa
har kirdaar ke andar ek kahaani hoti hai

daalaan mein sabza hai na taalaab mein paani
kyuun koi parinda miri divaar pe utre

zaraa ye dusraa misraa durust farmaaein
mire makaan pe likkhaa hai ghar baraae-farokht

bhaav taao mein kami beshi nahin ho sakti
haan magar tujh se kharidaar ko naa kaise ho

isi liye hamein ehsaas-e-jurm hai shaayad
abhi hamaari mohabbat nai nai hai naa

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

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

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

zindagi tu bhi hamein vaise hi ik roz guzaar
jis tarah ham tujhe barson se guzaare hue hain

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