tu ne ek umr ke baa'd puchhaa hai haal-e-dil — Akhtar Shumar

main to is vaaste chup huun ki tamaashaa na bane
tu samajhtaa hai mujhe tujh se gilaa kuchh bhi nahin

ab to haathon se lakirein bhi miTi jaati hain
us ko kho kar to mire paas rahaa kuchh bhi nahin

main ghar ko phunk rahaa thaa baDe yaqin ke saath
ki teri raah mein pahlaa qadam uThaanaa thaa

abhi safar mein koi moD hi nahin aayaa
nikal gayaa hai ye chup-chaap daastaan se kaun

muddaton mein aaj dil ne faisla aakhir diyaa
khub-surat hi sahi lekin ye duniyaa jhuuT hai

vo muskuraa ke koi baat kar rahaa thaa 'shumaar'
aur us ke lafz bhi the chaandni mein bikhre hue

gham hai na ab khushi hai na ummid hai na yaas
sab se najaat paae zamaane guzar gae

jab ki pahlu se yaar uThtaa hai
dard be-ikhtiyaar uThtaa hai

husn jalva dikhaa gayaa apnaa
ishq baiThaa rahaa udaas kahin

us pe qurbaan ki jis ne tiri aavaaz suni
sadqe us aankh ke jis ne tiraa jalva dekhaa

dard mein lazzat bahut ashkon mein raanaai bahut
ai gham-e-hasti hamein duniyaa pasand aai bahut

ye zindagi hai apni kabhi khush kabhi udaas
is kashmakash se mujh ko khudaayaa rihaai de