zindagi is qadar kaThin kyuun hai — Salman Akhtar

jhaankte raat ke garebaan se
ham ne sau aaftaab dekhe hain

ik vahi shakhs mujh ko yaad rahaa
jis ko samjhaa thaa bhuul jaaungaa

ham jo pahle kahin mile hote
aur hi apne silsile hote

ye alag baat ki vo mujh se khafaa rahtaa hai
main ik insaan huun aur mujh mein khudaa rahtaa hai

kuchh to apne liye bhi rakhnaa hai
zakhm auron ko kyuun dikhaaein sab

kaise ho kyaa hai haal mat puchho
mujh se mushkil savaal mat puchho

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 ke bahut qarib na jaa
faasla kuchh to apne dhyaan mein rakh

apne man mein Duub kar paa jaa suraagh-e-zindagi
tu agar meraa nahin bantaa na ban apnaa to ban

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