tamaam umr ganvaa di jise bhulaane mein — Inam

sukhan ke saare saliqe zabaan mein rakhtaa hai
nahin kaa aks nihaan apni haan mein rakkhaa hai

lekin kalaam kijiye mujh se adab ke saath
naukar huun koi aap kaa shauhar nahin huun main

vo degrē ki bajaae mam le kar lauT aayaa hai
milaa thaa daakhila jis ko samundar-paar college mein

miraa matlab mahine tak nahaane ki na ho fursat
to phir hafte ke hafte haath munh dhonaa zaruri hai

kuchh aise bhi paDhaaku panchhiyon ko ham ne dekhaa hai
ki par daftar mein panje shahr mein minqaar college mein

paise na the ilaaj ke gar teri jeb mein
phir ye bataa huaa hai tu bimaar kis liye

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

shabaan-e-hijraan daraaz chuun zulf roz-e-vaslat chu umr kotaah
sakhi piyaa ko jo main na dekhun to kaise kaaTun andheri ratiyaan

hamaari umr ab aisi hai ham siiTi nahin sunte
rukaa karte the khush ho kar kabhi siiTi bajaane par

ye qadam qadam balaaein ye savaad-e-ku-e-jaanaan
vo yahin se lauT jaae jise zindagi ho piyaari