baad khat aane ke us se thaa vafaa kaa ehtimaal — Qayem Chaandpuri

mai pi jo chaahe aatish-e-dozakh se tu najaat
jaltaa nahin vo uzv jo tar ho sharaab mein

kahtaa hai aaina ki hai tujh saa hi ek aur
baavar nahin to laa main tire ru-ba-ru karun

gandumi rang jo hai duniyaa mein
meri chhaati pe muung daltaa hai

iraad kar na paDh ke miraa khat ki ye tamaam
be-rabtiyaan hain samra-e-hangaam-e-ishtiyaaq

koi din aage bhi zaahid ajab zamaana thaa
har ik mohalle ki masjid sharaab-khaana thaa

TuuTaa jo kaaba kaun si ye jaa-e-gham hai shaikh
kuchh qasr-e-dil nahin ki banaayaa na jaaegaa

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

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

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