vafaa ke naam par pairaa kiye kachche ghaDe le kar — Aziz Bano Darab Wafa

ahmiyat kaa mujhe apni bhi to andaaza hai
tum gae vaqt ki maanind ganvaa do mujh ko

main ne ye soch ke boe nahin khvaabon ke darakht
kaun jangal mein uge peD ko paani degaa

ek muddat se khayaalon mein basaa hai jo shakhs
ghaur karte hain to us kaa koi chehra bhi nahin

ham aise surmaa hain laD ke jab haalaat se palTe
to baDh ke zindagi ne pesh kiin baisaakhiyaan ham ko

main jab bhi us ki udaasi se uub jaaungi
to yuun hansegaa ki mujh ko udaas kar degaa

aaj kam-az-kam khvaabon hi mein mil ke pi lete hain, kal
shaayad khvaabon mein bhi khaali paimaane Takraaein log

kam-umri mein sunet hain
mar jaate hain achchhe log

afsos umr kaT gai ranj-o-malaal mein
dekhaa na khvaab mein bhi jo kuchh thaa khayaal mein

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

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

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