haar ho jaati hai jab maan liyaa jaataa hai — Shakeel Azmi

tumhaari maut ne maaraa hai jite-ji ham ko
hamaari jaan bhi goyaa tumhaari jaan mein thi

kuchh dinon ke liye manzar se agar haT jaao
zindagi bhar ki shanaasaai chali jaati hai

isi khataa pe bujhaae gae charaagh mire
main jaantaa thaa bahut kuchh havaa ke baare mein

ghar ke divaar-o-dar pe shaam hi se
nazm likhtaa huaa hai sannaaTaa

apni manzil pe pahunchnaa bhi khaDe rahnaa bhi
kitnaa mushkil hai baDe ho ke baDe rahnaa bhi

mujh ko bikhraayaa gayaa aur sameTaa bhi gayaa
jaane ab kyaa miri miTTi se khudaa chaahtaa hai

ret par ik nishaan hai shaayad
ye hamaaraa makaan hai shaayad

shaahraahein dafatan shoale ugalne lag gaiin
ghar ki jaanib chal paDaa hai shahr gheraa kar tamaam

zamaana mujh se judaa ho gayaa zamaana huaa
rahaa hai ab to bichhaDne ko mujh se tu baaqi

ghulaami mein na kaam aati hain shamshirein na tadbirein
jo ho zauq-e-yaqin paidaa to kaT jaati hain zanjirein

pyaaso raho na dasht mein baarish ke muntazir
maaro zamin pe paanv ki paani nikal paDe

tumhein fursat ho duniyaa se to ham se aa ke milnaa
hamaare paas fursat ke sivaa kyaa rah gayaa hai