For no apparent reason, the following just kept lingering inside my head today:
Aur abb yeh saari mataa-e-hasti…
yeh phool yeh zakhm bhi tere heiN
Yeh dukh ke nohey, yeh sukh ke naghme…
Jo kall mere thei woh abb tere heiN
Jo teri qurbat teri judayi…
mey katt gaye roz-o-shabb tere heiN
… and then…
Na puuch uus ka ke woh deewana… bohut dinoN ka ujarh chuka hai
*Woh kohkann tow nahiN tha lekin… kari chataanoN se larh chuka hai *
Woh thak chuka thaa aur us ka taisha… usee ke seeney meyN garh chuka hai
[right]- Faraz[/right]