zindagi ne ajab savaal kiye — Irfan Khan

kabhi mauqe pe kaam aayaa karegi
kisi ke saath rakhiye dushmani bhi

ham ko darkaar ik tabib ki hai
aap aaein to ham bhi achchhe hon

kaam aasaan kar diyaa jaae
ishq mein vaapsi ke raaste hon

un ko bhi apni jhurriyaan dikh jaaein
aainon ke bhi apne chehre hon

kam-umri mein sunet hain
mar jaate hain achchhe log

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

main tujh se saath bhi to umar bhar kaa chaahtaa thaa
so ab tujh se gilaa bhi umar bhar kaa ho gayaa hai