kaTti hai aarzu ke sahaare pe zindagi — Shaad Aarfi

jab chali apnon ki gardan par chali
chuum luun munh aap ki talvaar kaa

jahaan-e-dard mein insaaniyat ke naate se
koi bayaan kare meri daastaan hogi

shaikh par haath uThaane ke nahin ham qaael
haath uThaane ki jo Thaani hai to baatil se uThaa

ab unhein tashrif laanaa chaahiye
raat mein likhti hai raani raat ki

kahin fitrat badal sakti hai naamon ke badalne se
janaab-e-shaikh ko main barhaman kah duun to kyaa hogaa

dekh kar shaair ne us ko nukta-e-hikmat kahaa
aur be-soche zamaane ne use ''aurat'' kahaa

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

umr-bhar jis ke liye aankhein rahi hain farsh-e-raah
vo ajal kaa qaasid-e-farkhanda-gaam aa hi gayaa

umr hi teri guzar jaaegi un ke hal mein
teraa bachcha jo savaalaat liye baiThaa hai

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

zindagi zor hai ravaani kaa
kyaa thamegaa bahaav paani kaa