bol kis moD pe huun kashmakash-e-marg-o-hayaat — Mubarak Shamim

nazar aati nahin hain kam-nazar ko
saraabon ke jigar mein naddiyaan hain

muddat guzri Duub chukaa huun dard ki pyaasi lahron mein
zinda huun ye koi na jaane saans ke aane jaane se

tumhaari yaad ke saae bhi kuchh simaT se gae
ghamon ki dhuup to baahar thi aks andar thaa

kyaa khabar kab qaid-e-baam-o-dar se uktaa jaae dil
bastiyon ke darmiyaan sahraa bhi honaa chaahiye

jo saaya-daar shajar the vo sarf-e-daar hue
dikhaai dete nahin duur duur tak saae

us ko dhundlaa na sakegaa kabhi lamhon kaa ghubaar
meri hasti kaa varaq yunhi khulaa rahne de

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

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

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