sochtaa huun to aur baDhti hai — Chandrabhan Khayal

vaqt aur haalaat par kyaa tabsira kiije ki jab
ek uljhan dusri uljhan ko suljhaane lage

nazar mein shokh shabihein liye hue hai sahar
abhi na koi idhar se dhuaan dhuaan guzre

apni divaaron se kuchh baahar nikal
sirf khaali ghar ke baam-o-dar na dekh

shahr mein jurm-o-havaadis is qadar hain aaj-kal
ab to ghar mein baiTh kar bhi log ghabraane lage

kyaa usi kaa naam hai raanaai-e-bazm-e-hayaat
tang kamra sard bistar aur tanhaa aadmi

paas se dekhaa to jaanaa kis qadar maghmum hain
an-ginat chehre ki jin ko shaadmaan samjhaa thaa 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

zindagi zor hai ravaani kaa
kyaa thamegaa bahaav paani kaa

umr hi teri guzar jaaegi un ke hal mein
teraa bachcha jo savaalaat liye baiThaa hai

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

idhar to tuul diyaa hai umiid ko us ne
udhar hayaat ataa ki hai mukhtasar mujh ko