khudaa kare ki tiri umr mein gine jaaein — Ahmad Nadeem Qasmi

aaghosh mein mahkoge dikhaai nahin doge
tum nikhat-e-gulzaar ho ham parda-e-shab hain

gham-e-jaanaan gham-e-dauraan ki taraf yuun aayaa
jaanib shahar chale dukhtar-e-dahqaan jaise

zindagi shama ki maanind jalaataa huun 'nadim'
bujh to jaaungaa magar subah to kar jaaungaa

kis tavaqqoa pe kisi ko dekhein
koi tum se bhi hasin kyaa hogaa

ik safina hai tiri yaad agar
ik samundar hai miri tanhaai

aakhir duaa karein bhi to kis muddaaa ke saath
kaise zamin ki baat kahein aasmaan se ham

kam-umri mein sunet hain
mar jaate hain achchhe log

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

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

itnaa to zindagi mein kisi ke khalal paDe
hansne se ho sukun na rone se kal paDe

umr-bhar ke sajdon se mil nahin saki jannat
khuld se nikalne ko ik gunaah kaafi hai

ranj-o-gham uThaae hain fikr-o-fan bhi paae hain
zindagi ko jitnaa bhi ji sake jiyaa ham ne