main shisha kyuun na banaa aadmi huaa kyunkar — Iftikhar Naseem

us ke chehre ki chamak ke saamne saada lagaa
aasmaan pe chaand puuraa thaa magar aadhaa lagaa

agarche phuul ye apne liye kharide hain
koi jo puchhe to kah dungaa us ne bheje hain

is qadar bhi to na jazbaat pe qaabu rakkho
thak gae ho to mire kaandhe pe baazu rakkho

hazaar talkh hon yaadein magar vo jab bhi mile
zabaan pe achchhe dinon kaa hi zaaiqa rakhnaa

kaTi hai umr kisi aabdoz kashti mein
safar tamaam huaa aur kuchh nahin dekhaa

mujh se nafrat hai agar us ko to izhaar kare
kab main kahtaa huun mujhe pyaar hi kartaa jaae

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

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

apne man mein Duub kar paa jaa suraagh-e-zindagi
tu agar meraa nahin bantaa na ban apnaa to ban

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

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