zindagi mukhtasar mili thi hamein — Naushad Ali

karnaa hai shaairi agar 'naushaad'
'mir' kaa kulliyaat yaad karo

ik be-qaraar dil se mulaaqaat kijiye
jab mil gae hain aap to kuchh baat kijiye

aabaadiyon mein dasht kaa manzar bhi aaegaa
guzroge shahr se to miraa ghar bhi aaegaa

saamne us ke ek bhi na chali
dil mein baatein hazaar le ke chale

kam-umri mein sunet hain
mar jaate hain achchhe log

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

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

meri saari zindagi ko be-samar us ne kiyaa
umr meri thi magar us ko basar us ne kiyaa

jiinaa taDap taDap kar marnaa sisak sisak kar
fariyaad ek ji hai kyaa kyaa kharaabiyon mein