kitnaa mushkil hai zindagi karnaa — Mohammad Alvi

sadiyon se kinaare pe khaDaa suukh rahaa hai
is shahr ko dariyaa mein giraa denaa chaahiye

sardi mein din sard milaa
har mausam bedard milaa

andheraa hai kaise tiraa khat paDhun
lifaafe mein kuchh raushni bhej de

maanaa ki tu zahin bhi hai khub-ru bhi hai
tujh saa na main huaa to bhalaa kyaa buraa huaa

nazron se naaptaa hai samundar ki vusatein
saahil pe ik shakhs akelaa khaDaa huaa

aaj phir mujh se kahaa dariyaa ne
kyaa iraada hai bahaa le jaaun

kam-umri mein sunet hain
mar jaate hain achchhe log

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

ai shahr-e-sitam-zaad tiri umr baDi ho
kuchh aur bataa naql-e-makaani ke alaava

umr bhar tujh ko dekhne par bhi
zauq-e-nazzaara kam nahin hotaa

bahut aziiz thi ye zindagi magar ham log
kabhi kabhi to kisi aarzu mein mar bhi gae