adab hi zindagi mein jab na aayaa — Ata Abidi

zarurat Dhal gai rishte mein varna
yahaan koi kisi kaa apnaa kab hai

sabr ki had bhi to kuchh hoti hai
kitnaa palkon pe sambhaalun paani

aaj bhi 'prem' ke aur 'krishn' ke afsaane hain
aaj bhi vaqt ki jamhuri zabaan hai urdu

koi bhi khush nahin hai is khabar se
ki duniyaa jald lauTegi safar se

kisi ke jism-o-jaan chhalni kisi ke baal-o-par TuuTe
jali shaakhon pe yuun laTke kabutar dekh aayaa huun

khvaab hi khvaab ki taabir huaa to jaanaa
zindagi kyuun kisi aankhon ke asar mein aai

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

adaa huaa na qarz aur vajud khatm ho gayaa
main zindagi kaa dete dete suud khatm ho gayaa

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