ہم خود بھی اپنے ساتھ نہیں — پیرزادہ قاسم

Hum khud bhi apne saath nahin

Ek kabhi na beetne wali shab
Ek haath na aane wala din
Is shab se jaan chhudane mein
Is din ko dhoond ke laane mein
Hum reeza reeza ho ke rahe
Jo paaya tha woh kho ke rahe
Is paane mein is khone mein
Hone mein aur na hone mein
Kuchh sood-o-ziyan ka haath hai kya
Ya aur hi koi baat hai kya
Is saari izafi baaton mein
Bas ek hi baat zaroori hai
Yaan shab ki sehar se doori hai
Is shab ke tasalsul mein pinhan
Ek ghoor andhera jehl ka hai
Jis jehl ki kaali aandhi ne
Jeevan ke sach ko chaat liya
Aur hum ne isi veerani mein
Ek andha jeevan kaat liya
Is kaale andhe jeevan mein
Ghurbat ki teera-bakhti ne
Kuchh qismat ke ehsaan ne bhi
Kuchh jabr-e-waqt ki sakhti ne
Insaan se kya kuchhe cheena hai
Yeh jeena kaisa jeena hai
Pasmaandagi-e-jaan rooh talak
Dar aayi siyahi odhe hue
Hum maqtal-e-shab mein aa baithe
Inkar ka daaman chhode hue
Inkar ke jis ki jumbish-e-lab
Har shab ki sehar ban sakti hai
Yeh jur'at-o-nafarmani-e-shab
Be-bas ki sipar ban sakti hai
Phir kyun is qatl-gah-e-shab mein
Aa baithe hain jee haar ke hum
Iqraar se lab aasooda sahi
Munkir to nahin inkaar ke hum
Is shab dar shab tareeki mein
Jo raat bhi hai woh raat nahin
Is haarne wali baazi mein
Jo maat bhi hai woh maat nahin
Kuchh qismat ki saffaki nahin
Kuchh sood-o-ziyan ka haath nahin
Bas ek hi dukh be-payan hai
Hum khud bhi apne saath nahin