umr kaa ek aur saal gayaa — Shakeel Jamali

zindagi aise bhi haalaat banaa deti hai
log saanson kaa kafan oDh ke mar jaate hain

sab se pahle dil ke khaali-pan ko bharnaa
paisa saari umr kamaayaa jaa saktaa hai

apne khuun se itni to ummidein hain
apne bachche bhiiD se aage nikleinge

har kone se teri khushbu aaegi
har sanduq mein tere kapDe nikleinge

jhuuT mein shak ki kam gunjaaish ho sakti hai
sach ko jab chaaho jhuThlaayaa jaa saktaa hai

abhi raushan huaa jaataa hai rasta
vo dekho ek aurat aa rahi 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

mire raahbar mujh ko gumraah kar de
sunaa hai ki manzil qarib aa gai hai

zindagi khvaab dekhti hai magar
zindagi zindagi hai khvaab nahin

tamaam umr ki be-taabiyon kaa haasil thaa
vo ek lamha jo sadiyon ke pesh-o-pas mein rahaa