bol kis moD pe huun kashmakash-e-marg-o-hayaat — Mubarak Shamim

nazar aati nahin hain kam-nazar ko
saraabon ke jigar mein naddiyaan hain

muddat guzri Duub chukaa huun dard ki pyaasi lahron mein
zinda huun ye koi na jaane saans ke aane jaane se

tumhaari yaad ke saae bhi kuchh simaT se gae
ghamon ki dhuup to baahar thi aks andar thaa

kyaa khabar kab qaid-e-baam-o-dar se uktaa jaae dil
bastiyon ke darmiyaan sahraa bhi honaa chaahiye

jo saaya-daar shajar the vo sarf-e-daar hue
dikhaai dete nahin duur duur tak saae

us ko dhundlaa na sakegaa kabhi lamhon kaa ghubaar
meri hasti kaa varaq yunhi khulaa rahne de

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

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

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

idhar to tuul diyaa hai umiid ko us ne
udhar hayaat ataa ki hai mukhtasar mujh ko