niind aati hai magar jaag rahaa huun sar-e-khvaab — Ali Iftikhar Jafri

kisi ki aankh kaa taaraa huaa karte the ham bhi to
achaanak shaam kaa taaraa nazar aayaa to yaad aayaa

avvalin chaal se aage nahin sochaa main ne
ziist shatranj ki baazi thi so main haar gayaa

tum kisi sang pe ab sar ko Tikaa kar so jaao
kaun suntaa hai shab-e-gham kaa fasaanaa sar-e-raah

kam-umri mein sunet hain
mar jaate hain achchhe log

zindagi ke bahut qarib na jaa
faasla kuchh to apne dhyaan mein rakh

apne man mein Duub kar paa jaa suraagh-e-zindagi
tu agar meraa nahin bantaa na ban apnaa to ban

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

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