rah-e-hayaat mein kaanTon ne mehrbaan ho kar — Ramz Azimabadi

sabhon se miltaa huun begaana-e-talab ho kar
na dosti se gharaz hai na dushmani se mujhe

miri anaa ne sabaq de ke khud-parasti kaa
chhuDaa diyaa hai zamaane ki bandagi se mujhe

hai samundar saamne pyaase bhi hain paani bhi hai
tishnagi kaise bujhaaein ye pareshaani bhi hai

kam-umri mein sunet hain
mar jaate hain achchhe log

main tujh se saath bhi to umar bhar kaa chaahtaa thaa
so ab tujh se gilaa bhi umar bhar kaa ho gayaa hai

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

apne man mein Duub kar paa jaa suraagh-e-zindagi
tu agar meraa nahin bantaa na ban apnaa to ban

baDe qalaq ki baat hai ki tum ise na paDh sake
hamaari zindagi to ik khuli hui kitaab thi

zindagi ke bahut qarib na jaa
faasla kuchh to apne dhyaan mein rakh