aaj mauzu-e-guftugu hai hayaat — Rasa Chughtai

jin aankhon se mujhe tum dekhte ho
main un aankhon se duniyaa dekhtaa huun

miTTi jab tak nam rahti hai
khushbu taaza-dam rahti hai

aur kuchh yuun huaa ki bachchon ne
chhinaa-jhapTi mein toD Daalaa mujhe

huiin aankhein ajab behaal ab ke
ye baarish kar gai kangaal ab ke

dil dhaDaktaa hai sar-e-raah-e-khayaal
ab ye aavaaz jahaan tak pahunche

hai koi yahaan shahr mein aisaa ki jise main
apnaa na kahun aur vo apnaa mujhe samjhe

kam-umri mein sunet hain
mar jaate hain achchhe log

zindagi zor hai ravaani kaa
kyaa thamegaa bahaav paani kaa

afsos umr kaT gai ranj-o-malaal mein
dekhaa na khvaab mein bhi jo kuchh thaa khayaal mein

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

idhar to tuul diyaa hai umiid ko us ne
udhar hayaat ataa ki hai mukhtasar mujh ko