zindagi ki haqiqat ajab ho gai — Ashhad Bilal Ibn

aao to mere sahn mein ho jaae raushni
muddat guzar gai hai charaaghaan kiye hue

ik lafz yaad thaa mujhe tark-e-vafaa magar
bhulaa huaa huun Thokarein khaane ke baa'd bhi

yaad rakhnaa bhi ik ibaadat hai
kyuun na ham un kaa haafiza ho jaaein

hosh-o-havaas khone lagaa huun firaaq mein
tanhaaiyon ne aisaa muqaffal kiyaa mujhe

tamaam din ki mashaqqat-bhari takaan ke baad
tamaam raat mohabbat se phir jagaaun use

saveraa le ke aataa hai mire khvaabon ki taabirein
magar jab shaam hoti hai to un ki yaad aati hai

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

ijaazat ho to main tasdiq kar luun teri zulfon se
sunaa hai zindagi ik khub-surat daam hai saaqi

huaa yuun ki phir mujhe zindagi ne basar kiyaa
koi din the jab mujhe har nazaara hasin milaa

mujh tak us mahfil mein phir jaam-e-sharaab aane ko hai
umr-e-rafta palTi aati hai shabaab aane ko hai