ai ghubaar-e-khvaahish-e-yak-umr apni raah le — Azm Bahzad

main tark-e-taalluq par zinda huun so mujrim huun
kaash us ke liye jiitaa apne liye mar jaataa

har tafsil mein jaane vaalaa zehn savaal ki zad par hai
har tashrih ke pichhe hai anjaam se Dar jaane kaa gham

koi aasaan rifaaqat nahin likkhi main ne
qurb ko jab bhi likhaa jazb-e-raqaabat likhkhaa

ai khvaab-e-paziraai tu kyuun miri aankhon mein
andesha-e-duniyaa ki taabir uThaa laayaa

raushni DhunD ke laanaa koi mushkil to na thaa
lekin is dauD mein har shakhs ko jalte dekhaa

dariyaa paar utarne vaale ye bhi jaan nahin paae
kise kinaare par le Duubaa paar utar jaane kaa gham

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

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

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

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

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