vaqt-e-safar qarib hai bistar sameT luun — Ajmal Ajmali

kitni tavil kyuun na ho baatil ki zindagi
har raat kaa hai subh muqaddar na bhulnaa

maan ne likhaa hai khat mein jahaan jaao khush raho
mujh ko bhale na yaad karo ghar na bhulnaa

hazaar manzil-e-gham se guzar chuke lekin
abhi junun-e-mohabbat ki ibtidaa bhi nahin

jab bhi miltaa huun vahi chehra liye
bad-duaa detaa hai aaina mujhe

taar-e-nazar bhi gham ki tamaazat se khushk hai
vo pyaas hai mile to samundar sameT luun

aarzu thi khinchte ham bhi koi aks-e-hayaat
kyaa karein ab ke lahu aankhon se Tapkaa hi nahin

kam-umri mein sunet hain
mar jaate hain achchhe log

meri saari zindagi ko be-samar us ne kiyaa
umr meri thi magar us ko basar us ne kiyaa

jiinaa taDap taDap kar marnaa sisak sisak kar
fariyaad ek ji hai kyaa kyaa kharaabiyon mein

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

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