totli umr mein jo bachcha zaraa mushfiq thaa — Anees Ansari

main ne aankhon mein jalaa rakhaa hai aazaadi kaa tel
mat andheron se Daraa rakh ki main jo huun so huun

naam teraa bhi rahegaa na sitamgar baaqi
jab hai firaun na changez kaa lashkar baaqi

tiri mahfil mein sab baiThe hain aa kar
hamaaraa baiThnaa dushvaar kyuun hai

jo parinde uD nahin sakte ab un ki khair ho
aane vaalaa hai isi jaanib shikaari haae haae

baDaa aazaar-e-jaan hai vo agarche mehrbaan hai vo
agarche mehrbaan hai vo baDaa aazaar-e-jaan hai vo

tiri aankhon ne dhoyaa hai mujhe yuun
main bilkul saaf-suthraa ho gayaa huun

kam-umri mein sunet hain
mar jaate hain achchhe log

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

idhar to tuul diyaa hai umiid ko us ne
udhar hayaat ataa ki hai mukhtasar mujh ko

meri saari zindagi ko be-samar us ne kiyaa
umr meri thi magar us ko basar us ne kiyaa

zindagi tu bhi hamein vaise hi ik roz guzaar
jis tarah ham tujhe barson se guzaare hue hain

afsos umr kaT gai ranj-o-malaal mein
dekhaa na khvaab mein bhi jo kuchh thaa khayaal mein