zindagi zulf nahin thi jo sanvaari jaati — Armaan Jodhpuri

kaam ho to kaam karnaa vaqt ho to shaa'iri
naukri apni jagah hai shaa'iri apni jagah

mo'jiza aur bhalaa is se baDaa kyaa hogaa
dard is dil mein hai girte hain tumhaare aansu

hai mere dil ko anaa is qadar 'aziz ki vo
taDapne bhi nahin detaa hai aah bhar ke mujhe

pyaasi bahut thiin hasratein lo aaj mar gaiin
baarish kaa intizaar thaa vo bhi nahin rahaa

jis ke dam se thi jism ki raunaq
us udaasi ke haath piile hue

duriyaan tum ne hi baDhaai thiin
ham to apni jagah pe Thahre hain

kam-umri mein sunet hain
mar jaate hain achchhe log

balaa-e-jaan thi jo bazm-e-tamaashaa chhoD di main ne
khushaa ai zindagi khvaabon ki duniyaa chhoD di main ne

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

umr hi teri guzar jaaegi un ke hal mein
teraa bachcha jo savaalaat liye baiThaa hai

bas ek pal ki tamannaa-e-vasl ki khaatir
tamaam 'umr lagaa di gai sanvarne mein

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