zindagi ik nai raah par — Asar Akbarabadi

raasta rok liyaa meraa kisi bachche ne
is mein koi to 'asar' meri bhalaai hogi

ulfat kaa hai maza ki 'asar' gham bhi saath hon
taarikiyaan bhi saath rahein raushni ke saath

zindagi tujh se ye gilaa hai mujhe
koi apnaa nahin milaa hai mujhe

fikr-e-jahaan dard-e-mohabbat firaaq-e-yaar
kyaa kahiye kitne gham hain miri zindagi ke saath

saaya bhi saath chhoD gayaa ab to ai 'asar'
phir kis liye main aaj ko kal se judaa karun

ulfat ke badle un se milaa dard-e-laa-ilaaj
itnaa baDhe hai dard main jitni davaa karun

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

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

ai shahr-e-sitam-zaad tiri umr baDi ho
kuchh aur bataa naql-e-makaani ke alaava

umr bhar tujh ko dekhne par bhi
zauq-e-nazzaara kam nahin hotaa

bahut aziiz thi ye zindagi magar ham log
kabhi kabhi to kisi aarzu mein mar bhi gae