zindagi teri ataa thi so tire naam ki hai — Ahmad Faraz

sunaa hai log use aankh bhar ke dekhte hain
so us ke shahr mein kuchh din Thahar ke dekhte hain

TuuTaa to huun magar abhi bikhraa nahin 'faraaz'
mere badan pe jaise shikaston kaa jaal ho

'faraaz' ishq ki duniyaa to khub-surat thi
ye kis ne fitna-e-hijr-o-visaal rakkhaa hai

judaaiyaan to muqaddar hain phir bhi jaan-e-safar
kuchh aur duur zaraa saath chal ke dekhte hain

ye kaun phir se unhin raaston mein chhoD gayaa
abhi abhi to azaab-e-safar se niklaa thaa

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

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

tamaam umr rahe meraa muntazir tu bhi
tamaam umr mire intizaar ko tarse

dhuup mein niklo ghaTaaon mein nahaa kar dekho
zindagi kyaa hai kitaabon ko haTaa kar dekho

'umr guzri magar mohabbat mein
ek lamha bhi yaadgaar nahin