har ek lamha kiyaa qarz zindagi kaa adaa — Waheed Akhtar

zer-e-paa ab na zamin hai na falak hai sar par
sail-e-takhliq bhi girdaab kaa manzar niklaa

harf-e-inkaar hai kyuun naar-e-jahannam kaa halif
sirf iqraar pe kyuun baab-e-iram khultaa hai

maangne vaalon ko kyaa izzat o rusvaai se
dene vaalon ki amiri kaa bharam khultaa hai

jo sunnaa chaaho to bol uTTheinge andhere bhi
na sunnaa chaaho to dil ki sadaa sunaai na de

hazaaron saal safar kar ke phir vahin pahunche
bahut zamaana huaa thaa hamein zamin se chale

bichhDe hue khvaab aa ke pakaD lete hain daaman
har raasta parchhaaiyon ne rok liyaa hai

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

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

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

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