zindagi ke is safar ne aur kyaa mujh ko diyaa — Zia Faooqui

mat puchhiye kyaa jitne niklaa thaa main ghar se
ye dekhiye kyaa haar ke lauTaa huun safar se

badan ki qaid se chhuTaa to log pahchaane
tamaam 'umr kisi ko miraa pata na milaa

ye safar ye Dubte suraj kaa manzar aur main
jaane kab ho paaeinge baaham miraa ghar aur main

shu’ur-e-tishnagi ik roz mein pukhta nahin hotaa
mire honTon ne sadiyon karbalaa ki khaak chumi hai

aankhein hain ki ab tak usi chaukhaT pe dhari hain
detaa huun zamaane ko magar apnaa pata aur

pahle thaa bahut faasla baazaar se ghar kaa
ab ek hi kamre mein hai baazaar bhi ghar bhi

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 hi teri guzar jaaegi un ke hal mein
teraa bachcha jo savaalaat liye baiThaa hai

idhar to tuul diyaa hai umiid ko us ne
udhar hayaat ataa ki hai mukhtasar mujh ko

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