ham talkhi-e-hayaat ko aasaan na kar sake — Muzaffar Ahmad Muzaffar

hazaaron baar sinchaa hai ise khun-e-rag-e-jaan se
taajjub hai mire gulshan ki viraani nahin jaati

main jab bhuke parinde dekhtaa huun apne aangan mein
mujhe apne vatan ke nange bachche yaad aate hain

musalmaan thaa magar teri adaa-e-fitna-parvar ne
dikhaa kar kaakul-e-pechaan mujhe kaafir banaa Daalaa

kam-umri mein sunet hain
mar jaate hain achchhe log

zindagi tu bhi hamein vaise hi ik roz guzaar
jis tarah ham tujhe barson se guzaare hue hain

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

tu chalaa gayaa hai to shahr phir vahi dasht-e-gham hai mire liye
vahi main huun aur miri zindagi mire aansuon mein bhari hui

baDe dilchasp vaade the baDe rangin dhoke the
gulon ki aarzu mein zindagi shole uThaa laai

pahchaan bhi saki na miri zindagi mujhe
itni ravaa-ravi mein kahin saamnaa huaa