zindagi kaun si manzil pe ruki hai aa kar aage chalti bhi nahin rah badalti bhi nahin sust-raftar hai ye daur-e-uburi kitna sakht o be-jaan hai wo paikar nuri kitna chand ek khwab jo tha shahr-e-ummid tah-e-ab jo tha husn ke mathe ka nanha tika pae aadam ke tale aate hi utre chehre ki tarah ho gaya kitna phika ham-junun kesh o tarah-dar hamesha ke jo the bhagte-sayon ke pichhe daude dahne baen jo dalin nazren ho ke be-kaif hata lin nazren maut aflas jafa ayyari bhut ifrit chudelen khwari nachti gati thirakti hansti qahqahe galiyan ladti dasti haddiyan chusti yarqan-zada lashon ki panjon mein tar-e-kafan shola dahan basti ki bastiyan jhulsati hui shahr pahunchin to khule dar pae chadh gain sidhiyon par khat khat khat badan hone lage pat le liya danton mein shiryanon ko wempaer ki tarah zindagi kaun si manzil pe ruki hai aa kar aage chalti bhi nahin rah badalti bhi nahin masala ye hai ki ab is mein pahal kaun kare aasman dur zamin chur kahan jae koi kash aise mein chala aae koi dil-e-ashufta ko bahlae koi batlae koi kis tarah phutti hai khushk shajar mein konpal