rahguzar hai udaas meri tarah — Govind Gulshan

pahle talaash kijiye manzil ki rahguzar
phir sochiye ki raah mein divaar kaun hai

zid par aDe hue hain ye dil bhi dimaagh bhi
ab dekhnaa hai in mein asar-daar kaun hai

phir mujhe yaad aaegaa bachpan
ik zamaana gumaan se guzregaa

zehn aur dil mein jo an-ban hai vo an-ban na rahe
is liye darmiyaan divaar banaa rakkhi hai

ek mushkil ho to aasaan banaa li jaae
us ne to zindagi dushvaar banaa rakkhi hai

jab ki pahlu se yaar uThtaa hai
dard be-ikhtiyaar uThtaa hai

gham hai na ab khushi hai na ummid hai na yaas
sab se najaat paae zamaane guzar gae

ye aansu ponchh lijiye aur muskuraaiye
chaara nahin hai koi bhi rukhsat kiye baghair

ham haal to kah sakte hain apnaa pa kahein kyaa
jab vo idhar aate hain to tanhaa nahin aate

main ne apni palkon par gham-kade sajaae hain
aarzu ke maatam mein sogvaar hasti hai

husn jalva dikhaa gayaa apnaa
ishq baiThaa rahaa udaas kahin