baad khat aane ke us se thaa vafaa kaa ehtimaal — Qayem Chaandpuri

subh tak thaa vahin ye mukhlis bhi
aap rakhte the shab jahaan tashrif

sang ko aab karein pal mein hamaari baatein
lekin afsos yahi hai ki kahaan sunte ho

'qaaem' jo kahein hain faarsi yaar
is se to ye rekhta hai behtar

tark kar apnaa bhi ki is raah mein
har koi shaayaan-e-rifaaqat nahin

khas namat saath mauj ke lag le
bahte bahte kahin to jaaiyegaa

kar na jurat tu ai tabib ki ye
dil kaa dhaDkaa hai ikhtilaaj nahin

kam-umri mein sunet hain
mar jaate hain achchhe log

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

ai shahr-e-sitam-zaad tiri umr baDi ho
kuchh aur bataa naql-e-makaani ke alaava

umr bhar tujh ko dekhne par bhi
zauq-e-nazzaara kam nahin hotaa

dard ki lahr mein zindagi bah gai
umr yuun kaT gai hijr ki shaam mein