ajab si aag thi jaltaa rahaa badan saaraa — Bashir Farooqi

tazkire mein tire ik naam ko yuun joD diyaa
doston ne mujhe shishe ki tarah toD diyaa

pahle ham ne ghar banaa kar faasle paidaa kiye
phir uThaa diin aur divaarein gharon ke darmiyaan

ham tere paas aa ke pareshaan hain bahut
ham tujh se duur rahne ko tayyaar bhi nahin

aagahi karb vafaa sabr tamannaa ehsaas
mere hi siine mein utre hain ye khanjar saare

chale bhi aao ki ye Dubtaa huaa suraj
charaagh jalne se pahle mujhe bujhaa degaa

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

ai shahr-e-sitam-zaad tiri umr baDi ho
kuchh aur bataa naql-e-makaani ke alaava

umr bhar tujh ko dekhne par bhi
zauq-e-nazzaara kam nahin hotaa

bahut aziiz thi ye zindagi magar ham log
kabhi kabhi to kisi aarzu mein mar bhi gae