'saifi' mere ujle ujle coat par — Muneer Saifi

koi do minute hil gai thi zamin
jhukaa khaak par sar minaaron kaa thaa

khauf har ghar se jhaanktaa hogaa
shahr ik dasht-e-be-sadaa hogaa

tazkira soz-e-mohabbat kaa kiyaa thaa ik baar
taa-dam-e-marg zabaan se miri chhaale na gae

us but ke nahaane se huaa saaf ye paani
moti bhi sadaf mein tah-e-dariyaa nazar aayaa

maut se pahle jahaan mein chand saanson kaa azaab
zindagi jo qarz teraa thaa adaa kar aae hain

maut kahte hain jis ko ai 'saaghar'
zindagi ki koi kaDi hogi

nashsha thaa zindagi kaa sharaabon se tez-tar
ham gir paDe to maut uThaa le gai hamein

mohmal hai na jaanein to, samjhein to vazaahat hai
hai ziist faqat dhokaa aur maut haqiqat hai