ye kaar-e-zindagi thaa to karnaa paDaa mujhe — Ameer Imam

na aabshaar na sahraa lagaa sake qimat
ham apni pyaas ko le kar dahan mein lauT aae

shahr mein saare charaaghon ki ziyaa khaamosh hai
tirgi har samt phailaa kar havaa khaamosh hai

lagi vo tujh si to aalam mein munfarid Thahri
vagarna aam si lagti agar judaa lagti

vo maarka ki aaj bhi sar ho nahin sakaa
main thak ke muskuraa diyaa jab ro nahin sakaa

apni taraf to main bhi nahin huun abhi talak
aur us taraf tamaam zamaana usi kaa hai

jo shaam hoti hai har roz haar jaataa huun
main apne jism ki parchhaaiyon se laDte hue

kam-umri mein sunet hain
mar jaate hain achchhe log

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

baDe qalaq ki baat hai ki tum ise na paDh sake
hamaari zindagi to ik khuli hui kitaab thi

main tujh se saath bhi to umar bhar kaa chaahtaa thaa
so ab tujh se gilaa bhi umar bhar kaa ho gayaa hai

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

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