ab aa gae ho to Thahro kharaaba-e-dil mein — Makhmoor Saeedi

dil pe ik gham ki ghaTaa chhaai hui thi kab se
aaj un se jo mile TuuT ke barsaat hui

bas yunhi ham-sari-e-ahl-e-jahaan mumkin hai
dam-ba-dam apni bulandi se utartaa jaaun

'makhmur' kaisi raah thi ham jis pe chal paDe
aai thi jis taraf se usi samt phir gai

main us ke vaade kaa ab bhi yaqin kartaa huun
hazaar baar jise aazmaa liyaa main ne

ho jaae jahaan shaam vahin un kaa baseraa
aavaara parindon ke Thikaane nahin hote

maslahat ke hazaar parde hain
mere chehre pe kitne chehre hain

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

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

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

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