mire raahbar mujh ko gumraah kar de — Khumar Barabankavi

gham hai na ab khushi hai na ummid hai na yaas
sab se najaat paae zamaane guzar gae

phuul kar le nibaah kaanTon se
aadmi hi na aadmi se mile

ham pe guzraa hai vo bhi vaqt 'khumaar'
jab shanaasaa bhi ajnabi se mile

na to hosh se taaaruf na junun se aashnaai
ye kahaan pahunch gae hain tiri bazm se nikal ke

raat baaqi thi jab vo bichhDe the
kaT gai umr raat baaqi hai

vo kaanTaa hai jo chubh kar TuuT jaae
mohabbat ki bas itni daastaan hai

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

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

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

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

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