main shisha kyuun na banaa aadmi huaa kyunkar — Iftikhar Naseem

us ke chehre ki chamak ke saamne saada lagaa
aasmaan pe chaand puuraa thaa magar aadhaa lagaa

agarche phuul ye apne liye kharide hain
koi jo puchhe to kah dungaa us ne bheje hain

is qadar bhi to na jazbaat pe qaabu rakkho
thak gae ho to mire kaandhe pe baazu rakkho

hazaar talkh hon yaadein magar vo jab bhi mile
zabaan pe achchhe dinon kaa hi zaaiqa rakhnaa

kaTi hai umr kisi aabdoz kashti mein
safar tamaam huaa aur kuchh nahin dekhaa

mujh se nafrat hai agar us ko to izhaar kare
kab main kahtaa huun mujhe pyaar hi kartaa jaae

kam-umri mein sunet hain
mar jaate hain achchhe log

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

balaa-e-jaan thi jo bazm-e-tamaashaa chhoD di main ne
khushaa ai zindagi khvaabon ki duniyaa chhoD di main ne

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

'asghar' ghazal mein chaahiye vo mauj-e-zindagi
jo husn hai buton mein jo masti sharaab mein