zindagi raaegaan gai meri — Yasir Tahsin

haae vo shokh sandali qaamat
jis ne mujh be-niyaaz ko maaraa

chal diye hain bol kar vaapas na lauTeinge kabhi
chal diye hain ik daf'a phir lauT aane ke liye

tum jo kahte ho chuum loge hamein
karne vaale kahaa nahin karte

us ne din jaldi Dhalne ki khvaahish ki
dharti ne raftaar baDhaa di gardish ki

pahle tu ik jhuTe gham mein miT jaane kaa naaTak rach
phir duniyaa ko jaa jaa kar batlaa tu kitne dukh mein hai

aisi tanhaa raaton mein hi aati hai
ek ghazal jo shaa'ir ko khaa jaati hai

kam-umri mein sunet hain
mar jaate hain achchhe log

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

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

afsos umr kaT gai ranj-o-malaal mein
dekhaa na khvaab mein bhi jo kuchh thaa khayaal mein

bas ek pal ki tamannaa-e-vasl ki khaatir
tamaam 'umr lagaa di gai sanvarne mein