zindagi khvaab dekhti hai magar — Shabnam Rumani

apni majburi ko ham divaar-o-dar kahne lage
qaid kaa saamaan kiyaa aur us ko ghar kahne lage

teri taabish se raushan hain gul bhi aur viraane bhi
kyaa tu bhi is hansti-gaati duniyaa kaa mazdur hai chaand?

mujhe ye zoam ki main husn kaa musavvir huun
unhein ye naaz ki tasvir to hamaari hai

kam-umri mein sunet hain
mar jaate hain achchhe log

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

baDe qalaq ki baat hai ki tum ise na paDh sake
hamaari zindagi to ik khuli hui kitaab thi

umr bhar kaun nibhaataa hai ta'alluq itnaa
ai miri jaan ke dushman tujhe allaah rakkhe

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