haae kyaa daur-e-zindagi guzraa — Gulzar Dehlvi

jahaan insaaniyat vahshat ke haathon zabh hoti ho
jahaan tazlil hai jiinaa vahaan behtar hai mar jaanaa

miir ke baa'd ghaalib o iqbaal
ik sadaa, ik sadi mein guzri hai

umr jo be-khudi mein guzri hai
bas vahi aagahi mein guzri hai

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

milti hai zindagi to yahi puchhti hai bas
vo khud-kushi kaa khvaab jo dekhaa thaa kyaa huaa

ye kaar-e-zindagi thaa to karnaa paDaa mujhe
khud ko sameTne mein bikharnaa paDaa mujhe

shabaan-e-hijraan daraaz chuun zulf roz-e-vaslat chu umr kotaah
sakhi piyaa ko jo main na dekhun to kaise kaaTun andheri ratiyaan