main samajhti huun jise yaum-e-vilaadat apnaa — Anam Shahzadi

jaise dimak-zada koi lakDi
yuun tiraa hijr khaae jaataa hai

mire dil mein december jam gayaa hai
pighal kar saal bhar bahtaa rahegaa

kyaa musibat hai zindagi yaani
mujh ko jiinaa paDegaa marne tak

kuDe-daanon mein laash ki surat
main ne dekhe hain pyaar ke tohfe

jo alag ho gayaa thaa jhurmuT se
us parinde ki khair ho maulaa

teri yaadon ki baandh kar gaThDi
main bahut duur pheink aai huun

bichhaDnaa bhi tumhaaraa jite-ji ki maut hai goyaa
use kyaa khaak lutf-e-zindagi jis se judaa tum ho

allaah re zauq-e-dasht-navardi ki baad-e-marg
hilte hain khud-ba-khud mire andar kafan ke paanv

kisi ke ek ishaare mein kis ko kyaa na milaa
bashar ko ziist mili maut ko bahaana milaa

udaas aankhon se aansu nahin nikalte hain
ye motiyon ki tarah sipiyon mein palte hain

jiinaa taDap taDap kar marnaa sisak sisak kar
fariyaad ek ji hai kyaa kyaa kharaabiyon mein

umr-bhar jis ke liye aankhein rahi hain farsh-e-raah
vo ajal kaa qaasid-e-farkhanda-gaam aa hi gayaa