Bahut Bimaar Hun Main

Kashti-e-zindagi jaisi bhi hai, is par savaar hun main,
Pichle kai saalo se bahut bimaar hun main.
 
Bas chalta to bahut pahle hi mar jaata lekin,
Kisi aur kee kahaani ka bhi kirdaar hun main.
 
Hai baithi udaasi dil mein har waqt phir bhi,
Labon pe hansi rakhne wala adakaar hun main.
 
Khwab dheron sajaaye par poora ik bhi nahi kiya,
Kabhi-kabhi sochta hun ki kitna bekaar hun main.
 
Kahta hun ujaalon ko andhera, aankhein band karke,
Tanha rahne ki jo had hai, rahta uske paar hun main.
 
Ghazal ke ik sher mein Ghalib ka naam kya likh diya,
Sabse kahta rahta hun ki bada ghazal-kaar hun main.
 
Aur kab tak ladta rahunga, zindagi se bhi, maut se bhi,
‘Shaikh’ bachaa le mujhe, chalti-firti mazaar hun main. 
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