kahne ko chand gaam thaa ye arsa-e-hayaat — Wazir Agha

aise baDhe ki manzilein raste mein bichh gaiin
aise gae ki phir na kabhi lauTnaa huaa

vo khush-kalaam hai aisaa ki us ke paas hamein
tavil rahnaa bhi lagtaa hai mukhtasar rahnaa

khuli kitaab thi phulon-bhari zamin meri
kitaab meri thi rang-e-kitaab us kaa thaa

itnaa na paas aa ki tujhe DhunDte phirein
itnaa na duur jaa ke hama-vaqt paas ho

yaa abr-e-karam ban ke baras khushk zamin par
yaa pyaas ke sahraa mein mujhe jiinaa sikhaa de

dhuup ke saath gayaa saath nibhaane vaalaa
ab kahaan aaegaa vo lauT ke aane vaalaa

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 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