isi kaa naam shaayad zindagi hai — Amjad Najmi

zulf-e-mushkin thi mehrbaan kis ki
bu basi hai dimaagh mein ab tak

bachhDaa huaa jaise koi milte hi lipaT jaae
yuun tiir tiraa aa ke lipaTtaa hai jigar se

vafaa ki aaD mein kyaa kyaa hui jafaa ham par
jo dosti yahi Thahri to dushmani kyaa hai

kis ghalat-fahmi mein apni umr saari kaT gai
ik vafaa-naa-aashnaa ko baa-vafaa samjhaa thaa main

jab dil hi nahin hai pahlu mein phir ishq kaa saudaa kaun kare
ab un se mohabbat kaun kare ab un ki tamannaa kaun kare

na duniyaa baais-e-ghaflat na uqbaa vajh-e-hushyaari
rahe jo tujh se ghaafil ham use ghaafil samajhte hain

ye aansu ponchh lijiye aur muskuraaiye
chaara nahin hai koi bhi rukhsat kiye baghair

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

main ne apni palkon par gham-kade sajaae hain
aarzu ke maatam mein sogvaar hasti hai

ham haal to kah sakte hain apnaa pa kahein kyaa
jab vo idhar aate hain to tanhaa nahin aate