tum aadatan kahoge use yaar maazarat — Ehsanul Haq Mazhar

fi-zamaana ye muravvat bhi bahut hai 'mazhar'
un ko jaanaa thaa magar dost bahaane se gae

is mohabbat se miri samt koi dekhtaa hai
ruk bhi jaataa huun kabhi dasht ko jaataa huaa main

raaste aur bhi jaate hain udhar ko lekin
vo mire dil se guzartaa huaa ghar jaataa hai

zindagi us ki amaanat thi vagarna 'mazhar'
ham ise apne tasarruf mein bhi laa sakte the

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

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

ai gham-e-zindagi na ho naaraaz
mujh ko aadat hai muskuraane ki