apne atvaar mein kitnaa baDaa shaatir hogaa — Zafar Gorakhpuri

kitni aasaani se mashhur kiyaa hai khud ko
main ne apne se baDe shakhs ko gaali de kar

chhat Tapakti thi agarche phir bhi aa jaati thi niind
main nae ghar mein bahut royaa puraane ke liye

abhi zinda hain ham par khatm kar le imtihaan saare
hamaare baad koi imtihaan koi nahin degaa

meri ik chhoTi si koshish tujh ko paane ke liye
ban gai hai masala saare zamaane ke liye

aasmaan aisaa bhi kyaa khatra thaa dil ki aag se
itni baarish ek shole ko bujhaane ke liye

dekhein qarib se bhi to achchhaa dikhaai de
ik aadmi to shahr mein aisaa dikhaai de

kam-umri mein sunet hain
mar jaate hain achchhe log

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

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

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

umr bhar kaun nibhaataa hai ta'alluq itnaa
ai miri jaan ke dushman tujhe allaah rakkhe

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