ravaan thi koi talab si lahu ke dariyaa mein — Khaleel Tanveer

zamaana laakh sitaaron ko chhu ke aa jaae
abhi dilon ko magar haajat-e-rafu hai vahi

vo log apne aap mein kitne aziim the
jo apne dushmanon se bhi nafrat na kar sake

auron ki buraai ko na dekhun vo nazar de
haan apni buraai ko parakhne kaa hunar de

rusvaa hue zalil hue dar-ba-dar hue
haq baat lab pe aai to ham be-hunar hue

parind shaakh pe tanhaa udaas baiThaa hai
uDaan bhuul gayaa muddaton ki bandish mein

parind unchi uDaanon ki dhun mein rahtaa hai
magar zamin ki hadon mein basar bhi kartaa hai

kam-umri mein sunet hain
mar jaate hain achchhe log

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

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

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

zindagi tu bhi hamein vaise hi ik roz guzaar
jis tarah ham tujhe barson se guzaare hue hain