jaan qarz hai so utaarte hain — Anjum Khayali

koi tohmat ho mire naam chali aati hai
jaise baazaar mein har ghar se gali aati hai

kahaan milaa main tujhe ye savaal baa'd kaa hai
tu pahle yaad to kar kis jagah ganvaayaa mujhe

andheri raat hai saaya to ho nahin saktaa
ye kaun hai jo mire saath saath chaltaa hai

mire mazaar pe aa kar diye jalaaegaa
vo mere baa'd miri zindagi mein aaegaa

kuchh tasaavir bol paDti hain
sab ki sab be-zabaan nahin hotin

aankh jhapkin to itne arse mein
jaane kitne baras guzar jaaein

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

tamaam umr tiri ham-rahi kaa shauq rahaa
magar ye ranj ki main mauja-e-sabaa na huaa

hijr ke daur mein har daur ko shaamil kar lein
is mein shaamil yahi ik umr-e-gurezaan kyuun hai

afsaana-e-hayaat bani phuul ban gai
jab muskuraai koi kali iztiraab mein