qata hoti jaa rahi hain zindagi ki manzilein — Sheri Bhopali

qayaamat hai ye kah kar us ne lauTaayaa hai qaasid ko
ki un kaa to har ik khat aakhiri paighaam hotaa hai

ye baazi mohabbat ki baazi hai naadaan
ise jitnaa hai to haare chalaa jaa

mohabbat maani o alfaaz mein laai nahin jaati
ye vo naazuk haqiqat hai jo samjhaai nahin jaati

baraabar khafaa hon baraabar manaaein
na tum baaz aao na ham baaz aaein

abhi to dil mein halki si khalish mahsus hoti hai
bahut mumkin hai kal is kaa mohabbat naam ho jaae

sunne mein aa rahe hain masarrat ke vaaqiaat
jamhuriyat kaa husn numaayaan hai aaj-kal

kam-umri mein sunet hain
mar jaate hain achchhe log

balaa-e-jaan thi jo bazm-e-tamaashaa chhoD di main ne
khushaa ai zindagi khvaabon ki duniyaa chhoD di main ne

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

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

bas ek pal ki tamannaa-e-vasl ki khaatir
tamaam 'umr lagaa di gai sanvarne mein

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