marnaa bhi nahin hai apne bas mein — Abdul Aziz Fitrat

husn-e-qismat se hamesha 'fitrat'
bakht bedaar rahaa khvaabon mein

ham to tire zikr kaa hue juzv
tu ne hamein kis tarah bhulaayaa

aur bhi kitne tariqe hain bayaan-e-gham ke
muskuraati hui aankhon ko to pur-nam na karo

'fitrat' dil-e-kaunain ki dhaDkan to zaraa sun
ye hazrat-e-insaan hi ki azmat kaa bayaan hai

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 tu bhi hamein vaise hi ik roz guzaar
jis tarah ham tujhe barson se guzaare hue hain

ai shahr-e-sitam-zaad tiri umr baDi ho
kuchh aur bataa naql-e-makaani ke alaava

umr bhar tujh ko dekhne par bhi
zauq-e-nazzaara kam nahin hotaa

har baar hi main jaan se jaane mein rah gayaa
main rasm-e-zindagi jo nibhaane mein rah gayaa