zindagaani kaa lutf to 'azmat' — Azmat Abdul Qayyum Khan

aabaad mai-kade bhi hain dair-o-haram bhi nahin
lekin na aadmi ko milaa koi aadmi

raushniyon ke shahar mein rah kar
ham andheron se ru-shanaas rahe

manzil pe nazar aai bahut duri-e-manzil
be-saakhta aane lage sab raah-numaa yaad

ab zamaane se aur kyaa maangun
daulat-e-gham bahut ziyaada hai

ye baat bhi hai ki tu bhi nahin hai ab meraa
ye baat bhi hai ki tere sivaa nahin koi

jo bijliyon ki panaahon mein tum banaa sakte
to is qadar na tumhein khauf-e-aashiyaan hotaa

mere baa'd vafaa kaa dhokaa aur kisi se mat karnaa
gaali degi duniyaa tujh ko sar meraa jhuk jaaegaa

kuchh to majburiyaan rahi hongi
yuun koi bevafaa nahin hotaa

is qadar musalsal thiin shiddatein judaai ki
aaj pahli baar us se main ne bevafaai ki

ye jafaaon ki sazaa hai ki tamaashaai hai tu
ye vafaaon ki sazaa hai ki pae-daar huun main

taazgi hai sukhan-e-kuhna mein ye baad-e-vafaat
log aksar mire jiine kaa gumaan rakhte hain

apni kashti kaa hai khudaa haafiz
pichhe tufaan hai saamne girdaab