ye aur baat hai ki barhana thi zindagi — Ibrahim Ashk

zindagi apni musalsal chaahaton kaa ik safar
is safar mein baar-haa mil kar bichhaD jaataa hai vo

na dil mein koi gham rahe na meri aankh nam rahe
har ek dard ko miTaa sharaab laa sharaab de

kis liye katraa ke jaataa hai musaafir dam to le
aaj sukhaa peD huun kal teraa saayaa main hi thaa

koi to hogaa jis ko miraa intizaar hai
kahtaa hai dil ke shahr-e-tamannaa mein le ke chal

nahin hai tum mein saliqa jo ghar banaane kaa
to 'ashk' jaao parindon ke aashiyaan dekho

bikhre hue the log khud apne vajud mein
insaan ki zindagi kaa ajab bandobast thaa

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

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

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

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

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