sitaara aankh mein dil mein gulaab kyaa rakhnaa — Akram Mahmud

chaDhe hue hain jo dariyaa utar bhi jaaeinge
mire baghair tire din guzar bhi jaaeinge

ab dil bhi dukhaao to aziyyat nahin hoti
hairat hai kisi baat pe hairat nahin hoti

do chaar baras jitne bhi hain jabr hi sah lein
is umr mein ab ham se baghaavat nahin hoti

bas itnaa yaad hai ik bhuul si hui thi kahin
ab is se baDh ke dukhon kaa hisaab kyaa rakhnaa

gum to honaa thaa ba-har-haal kisi manzar mein
dil huaa khvaab mein gum aankh hui aab mein gum

paanv uThte hain kisi mauj ki jaanib lekin
rok letaa hai kinaara ki Thahar paani hai

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

agar hayaat hai dekheinge ek din didaar
ki maah-e-eid bhi aakhir hai in mahinon mein

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

ai gham-e-zindagi na ho naaraaz
mujh ko aadat hai muskuraane ki