laai hai kis maqaam pe ye zindagi mujhe — Ali Ahmad Jalili

ham ne dekhaa hai zamaane kaa badalnaa lekin
un ke badle hue tevar nahin dekhe jaate

nasheman hi ke luT jaane kaa gham hotaa to kyaa gham thaa
yahaan to bechne vaale ne gulshan bech Daalaa hai

roke se kahin haadsa-e-vaqt rukaa hai
shoalon se bachaa shahr to shabnam se jalaa hai

kyaa isi vaaste sinchaa thaa lahu se apne
jab sanvar jaae chaman aag lagaa di jaae

us shajar ke saae mein baiThaa huun main
jis ki shaakhon par koi pattaa nahin

gham se mansub karun dard kaa rishta de duun
zindagi aa tujhe jiine kaa saliqa de duun

kam-umri mein sunet hain
mar jaate hain achchhe log

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

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

zindagi sundar ghazal hai dosto
zindagi ko gungunaanaa chaahiye

phir usi bevafaa pe marte hain
phir vahi zindagi hamaari hai

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