ye zindagi jise DhunDaa thaa aasmaanon mein — Kishwar Naheed

mardon ko sab ravaa pa hai aurat ko naaravaa
sharm-o-hayaa kaa shahr mein charchaa bhi hai ajab

hamein dekho hamaare paas baiTho ham se kuchh sikho
hamin ne pyaar maangaa thaa hamin ne daagh paae hain

us ko fursat bhi nahin mujh ko tamannaa bhi nahin
phir khalish kyaa hai ki rah rah ke vafaa DhunDhti hai

dil mein hai mulaaqaat ki khvaahish ki dabi aag
mehndi lage haathon ko chhupaa kar kahaan rakkhun

kuchh din to malaal us kaa haq thaa
bichhDaa to khayaal us kaa haq thaa

kaun jaane ki uDti hui dhuup bhi
kis taraf kaun si manzilon mein gai

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

zindagi ke bahut qarib na jaa
faasla kuchh to apne dhyaan mein rakh

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