kisi ke bin kisi ki yaad ke bin — Jaun Elia

ek hi to havas rahi hai hamein
apni haalat tabaah ki jaae

aaj bahut din baa'd main apne kamre tak aa niklaa thaa
juun hi darvaaza kholaa hai us ki khushbu aai hai

shishe ke is taraf se main sab ko tak rahaa huun
marne ki bhi kisi ko fursat nahin hai mujh mein

main ab har shakhs se uktaa chukaa huun
faqat kuchh dost hain aur dost bhi kyaa

vo jo na aane vaalaa hai naa us se mujh ko matlab thaa
aane vaalon se kyaa matlab aate hain aate honge

bahut nazdik aati jaa rahi ho
bichhaDne kaa iraada kar liyaa kyaa

ai jazba-e-dil gar main chaahun har chiiz muqaabil aa jaae
manzil ke liye do gaam chalun aur saamne manzil aa jaae

zindagi ko hausla dene ke khaatir
khvaahishon ko reza reza chun rahaa huun

tohmat-e-jurm-o-khataa hirs-o-havaa ghaflat-e-dil
ham ne baazaar se hasti ke liyaa kyaa kyaa kuchh

maut ke baa'd ziist ki bahs mein mubtalaa the log
ham to 'sahar' guzar gae tohmat-e-zindagi uThaae

khaak uchhaalo jo zamin par to falak par gir jaae
ab khulaa ye ki bahut past hai himmat meri

har ek baat ko chup-chaap kyuun sunaa jaae
kabhi to hausla kar ke nahin kahaa jaae