zindagi ke bahut qarib na jaa — Akmal Imaam

fasaad rokne kam-zarf log pahunche hain
gharon mein rah gae raushan zamir jitne the

meraa saaya bhi baDh gayaa mujh se
is saliqe se ghaT gayaa huun main

aarzu Tiis karb tanhaai
khud mein kitnaa simaT gayaa huun main

nai tahqiq ne qatron se nikaale dariyaa
ham ne dekhaa hai ki zarron se zamaane nikle

har ek harf se jiine kaa fan numaayaan ho
kuchh is tarah ki ibaarat nisaab mein likhiye

zehn mein ajnabi samton ke hain paikar lekin
dil ke aaine mein sab aks puraane nikle

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

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

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

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