bahut qarib rahi hai ye zindagi ham se — Akhtar Saeed Khan

kaun jiine ke liye martaa rahe
lo sambhaalo apni duniyaa ham chale

kis ko fursat thi ki 'akhtar' dekhtaa meri taraf
main jahaan jis bazm mein jab tak rahaa tanhaa rahaa

band rakkhoge dariche dil ke yaaro kab talak
koi dastak de rahaa hai uTh ke dekho to sahi

charaagh le ke use DhunDne chalaa huun main
jo aaftaab ki maanind ik ujaalaa hai

kisi ke tum ho kisi kaa khudaa hai duniyaa mein
mire nasib mein tum bhi nahin khudaa bhi nahin

tu kahaani hi ke parde mein bhali lagti hai
zindagi teri haqiqat nahin dekhi jaati

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

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

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