kaise hasti ke samundar kaa talaatum Thahre — Khalid Nadeem Budauni

titli bhaunre kaliyaan phuul
is ke sab divaane the

khud apni shai pe adhuraa hai ikhtiyaar mujhe
giraa to saktaa huun aansu uThaa nahin saktaa

yuun bhi aankhon se nikalne nahin detaa aansu
ashk-e-gham teraa tasavvur na bahaa le jaae

vo ek shakhs to patthar uchhaal kar chup hai
samundaron se abhi tak sadaaein aati hain

ab jo chaaho vo faisla kar lo
muflisi apne honT si aai

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

jis ko kahte hain arsa-e-hasti
tausan-e-umr ki hai ik sarpaT