ye chaar din ki rifaaqat bhi kam nahin ai dost — Ghulam Rabbani Taban

ye mai-kada hai kalisaa o khaanqaah nahin
uruj-e-fikr o farogh-e-nazar ki manzil hai

rah-e-talab mein kise aarzu-e-manzil hai
shuur ho to safar khud safar kaa haasil hai

shabaab-e-husn hai barq-o-sharar ki manzil hai
ye aazmaaish-e-qalb-o-nazar ki manzil hai

nikhar gae hain pasine mein bhiig kar aariz
gulon ne aur bhi shabnam se taazgi paai

bastiyon mein hone ko haadse bhi hote hain
pattharon ki zad par kuchh aaine bhi hote hain

manzilein raah mein thiin naqsh-e-qadam ki surat
ham ne muD kar bhi na dekhaa kisi manzil ki taraf

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

meri saari zindagi ko be-samar us ne kiyaa
umr meri thi magar us ko basar us ne kiyaa

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

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

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