baDe qalaq ki baat hai ki tum ise na paDh sake — Nazim Sultanpuri

iqtizaa vaqt kaa jo chaahe karaa le varna
ham na the ghair ke ehsaan uThaane vaale

apni sanjida tabiat pe to akasr 'naazim'
fikr ke shokh ujaale bhi giraan hote hain

kitni viraan hai gali dil ki
duur tak koi naqsh-e-paa bhi nahin

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

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

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