bad-tar hai maut se bhi ghulaami ki zindagi — Hafeez Merathi

haae vo naghma jis kaa mughanni
gaataa jaae rotaa jaae

shisha TuuTe ghul mach jaae
dil TuuTe aavaaz na aae

vo vaqt kaa jahaaz thaa kartaa lihaaz kyaa
main doston se haath milaane mein rah gayaa

raat ko raat kah diyaa main ne
sunte hi baukhlaa gai duniyaa

ik ajnabi ke haath mein de kar hamaaraa haath
lo saath chhoDne lagaa aakhir ye saal bhi

abhi se hosh uDe maslahat-paraston ke
abhi main bazm mein aayaa abhi kahaan bolaa

kam-umri mein sunet hain
mar jaate hain achchhe log

apne man mein Duub kar paa jaa suraagh-e-zindagi
tu agar meraa nahin bantaa na ban apnaa to ban

zindagi ke bahut qarib na jaa
faasla kuchh to apne dhyaan mein rakh

main tujh se saath bhi to umar bhar kaa chaahtaa thaa
so ab tujh se gilaa bhi umar bhar kaa ho gayaa hai

baDe qalaq ki baat hai ki tum ise na paDh sake
hamaari zindagi to ik khuli hui kitaab thi

umr bhar kaun nibhaataa hai ta'alluq itnaa
ai miri jaan ke dushman tujhe allaah rakkhe