agar hayaat hai dekheinge ek din didaar — Mirza Raza Barq

ham to apnon se bhi begaana hue ulfat mein
tum jo ghairon se mile tum ko na ghairat aai

na sikandar hai na daaraa hai na qaisar hai na jam
be-mahal khaak mein hain qasr banaane vaale

daulat nahin kaam aati jo taqdir buri ho
qaarun ko bhi apnaa khazaanaa nahin miltaa

ai sanam vasl ki tadbiron se kyaa hotaa hai
vahi hotaa hai jo manzur-e-khudaa hotaa hai

angDaai donon haath uThaa kar jo us ne li
par lag gae paron ne pari ko uDaa diyaa

hamaare aib ne be-aib kar diyaa ham ko
yahi hunar hai ki koi hunar nahin aataa

kam-umri mein sunet hain
mar jaate hain achchhe log

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

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

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