haae ye tavil o sard raatein — Yusuf Zafar

saans lene ko hi jiinaa nahin kahte hain 'zafar'
zindagi thi jo tire vasl kaa imkaan hotaa

un ki mahfil mein 'zafar' log mujhe chaahte hain
vo jo kal kahte the divaana bhi saudaai bhi

zahr hai mere rag-o-pai mein mohabbat shaayad
apne hi Dank se bichchhu ki tarah mar jaaun

aa mire chaand raat suuni hai
baat banti nahin sitaaron se

paani ko aag kah ke mukar jaanaa chaahiye
palkon pe ashk ban ke Thahar jaanaa chaahiye

ek bhi aaftaab ban na sakaa
laakh TuuTe hue sitaaron se

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

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

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

main tujh se saath bhi to umar bhar kaa chaahtaa thaa
so ab tujh se gilaa bhi umar bhar kaa ho gayaa hai