sochaa thaa un se baat nibhaaeinge umr bhar — Muhammad Ayyub Zauqi

rakhte hain jo allaah ki qudarat pe bharosa
duniyaa mein kisi ki vo khushaamad nahin karte

raaste mein mil gae to puchh lete hain mizaaj
is se baDh kar aur kyaa un ki inaayat chaahiye

hadis-e-dil ba-zabaan-e-nazar bhi kah na sakaa
huzur-e-husn baDhi aur bebasi meri

khudaa jaane ye soz-e-zabt hai yaa zakhm-e-naakaami
kabhi hoti na thi siine mein lekin ye jalan pahle

un ki nigaah-e-lutf ki taasir kyaa kahun
zarre ko aaftaab banaa kar chale gae

duniyaa ke is ibrat-khaane mein haalaat badalte rahte hain
jo log the kal mashhur-e-jahaan hain aaj vahi gumnaami mein

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

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