kuchh duur aao maut ke hamraah bhi chalein — Khurshid Ahmad Jami

baDe dilchasp vaade the baDe rangin dhoke the
gulon ki aarzu mein zindagi shole uThaa laai

pahchaan bhi saki na miri zindagi mujhe
itni ravaa-ravi mein kahin saamnaa huaa

zindagaani ke hasin shahr mein aa kar 'jaami'
zindagaani se kahin haath milaae bhi nahin

koi halchal hai na aahaT na sadaa hai koi
dil ki dahliz pe chup-chaap khaDaa hai koi

sahar ke saath chale raushni ke saath chale
tamaam umr kisi ajnabi ke saath chale

chamakte khvaab milte hain mahakte pyaar milte hain
tumhaare shahr mein kitne hasin aazaar milte hain

kam-umri mein sunet hain
mar jaate hain achchhe log

afsos umr kaT gai ranj-o-malaal mein
dekhaa na khvaab mein bhi jo kuchh thaa khayaal mein

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

umr hi teri guzar jaaegi un ke hal mein
teraa bachcha jo savaalaat liye baiThaa hai

zindagi tu bhi hamein vaise hi ik roz guzaar
jis tarah ham tujhe barson se guzaare hue hain

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