ek lamhe ko tum mile the magar — Arsh Siddiqui

vo ayaadat ko to aayaa thaa magar jaate hue
apni tasvirein bhi kamre se uThaa kar le gayaa

zamaane bhar ne kahaa 'arsh' jo, khushi se sahaa
par ek lafz jo us ne kahaa sahaa na gayaa

ik teri be-rukhi se zamaana khafaa huaa
ai sang-dil tujhe bhi khabar hai ki kyaa huaa

haan samundar mein utar lekin ubharne ki bhi soch
Dubne se pahle gahraai kaa andaaza lagaa

ham ki maayus nahin hain unhein paa hi leinge
log kahte hain ki DhunDe se khudaa miltaa hai

bas yunhi tanhaa rahungaa is safar mein umr bhar
jis taraf koi nahin jaataa udhar jaataa huun main

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

arsa-e-zulmat-e-hayaat kaTe
ham-nafas muskuraa ki raat kaTe

khushi kaa ek hi lamha thaa apni zindagi mein
sakhi aise ki vo bhi dusron ke naam kar aae

hamaari zindagi to mukhtasar si ik kahaani thi
bhalaa ho maut kaa jis ne banaa rakkhaa hai afsaana