tere bin hayaat ki soch bhi gunaah thi — Quaiser Khalid

miThi baatein, kabhi talkh lahje ke tiir
dil pe har din hai un kaa karam bhi nayaa

ho paae kisi ke ham bhi kahaan yuun koi hamaaraa bhi na huaa
kab Thahri kisi ik par bhi nazar kyaa chiiz hai shahr-e-khubaan bhi

mohmal hai na jaanein to, samjhein to vazaahat hai
hai ziist faqat dhokaa aur maut haqiqat hai

ab is tarah bhi rivaayat se inhiraaf na kar
badal agarche tu achchhaa na de, kharaab to de

Daal di pairon mein us shakhs ke zanjir yahaan
vaqt ne jis ko zamaane mein uchhalte dekhaa

kuchh tu hi bataa aakhir kyun-kar tire bandon par
har shab hai nai aafat har roz musibat hai

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

phir usi bevafaa pe marte hain
phir vahi zindagi hamaari hai

umr bhar dekhaa kiye marne ki raah
mar gae par dekhiye dikhlaaein kyaa

umr bhar jis ke liye peT se baandhe patthar
ab vo gin gin ke khilaataa hai nivaale mujh ko