mar chuke jis par ki marnaa thaa hamein — Mushafi Ghulam Hamdani

is havaa mein kar rahe hain ham tiraa hi intizaar
aa kahin jaldi se saaqi shisha o saaghar samet

pichhaa kisi tarah ye miraa chhoDtaa nahin
haathon se ishq ke koi jaave kahaan nikal

kuchh TuuTe phaTe siine ko saath apne safar mein
kyaa vo bhi musaafir jo na rakkhe sui taagaa

misr ko chhoD ke aai hai jo hindustaan mein
mere yusuf ki zulekhaa tu kharidaar hai kyaa

'mushafi' karb-o-balaa kaa safar aasaan nahin
sainkaDon basra-o-baghdaad mein mar jaate hain

mahrum hai naama-daar-e-duniyaa
paani se tihi habaab dekhaa

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

kirshn 'mohan' ye bhi hai kaisaa akelaa-pan ki log
maut se Darte hain main to zindagi se Dar gayaa

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

muflison ki zindagi kaa zikr kyaa
muflisi ki maut bhi achchhi nahin

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