is e'tibaar pe kaaTi hai ham ne umr-e-aziz — Abid Wadood

ham faqiron kaa pairahan hai dhuup
aur ye raat apni chaadar hai

main baarishon mein bahut bhigtaa rahaa 'aabid'
sulagti dhuup mein ik chhat bahut zaruri hai

yazid-e-vaqt ne ab ke lagaai hai qadghan
ki bhuul kar bhi na gaae koi taraana-e-ishq

ab qafas aur gulistaan mein koi farq nahin
ham ko khushbu ki talab hai ye sabaa jaanti hai

sab apne apne tariqe se bhiik maangte hain
koi ba-naam-e-mohabbat koi ba-jaama-e-ishq

sar par gire makaan kaa malba hi rakh liyaa
duniyaa ke qimti sar-o-saamaan se gae

kam-umri mein sunet hain
mar jaate hain achchhe log

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

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

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

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