Hangaamon ne fursat na dee
Hum kya karte ‘sahil’ bata
Jab saanson ne aur ijazat na dee
Pa ba jaulaan nahin hai hayaat
Per muqarrar hain sab din o raat,
Maana ke na samajhni mushkil nahin
Lekin, pecheedah zurur hai yeh baat
Aazaadi bina paabandi nahin hoti
Zulmat na ho to tabindagi nahin hoti,
Khuftah ho zameer to sochiye zara
Nadamat o sharmindagi nahin hoti
Falsafa , falsafa nahin haqeeqat bayaani hoti hai
Zindagi to har insan ki apni kahani hoti hai,
Dastaan goi samjhiye, ravaan manind e darya
Magar dil ki dhadkan to zurur la saani hoti hai
Ruk jaaye to band kitaab hai
Bin unwaan bin hisaab hai,
Baargah e maula to haazir hona hai
Phir, na kuchh gehra na hi payaab hai
Lamhon ka khel mukhtasar kya taweel
Kaasa ba dast koi, koi hai jaleel,
Riza khuda ki maan le ‘sahil’
Kisi kaam na saboot na hai koi daleel
Bas, jeene ka hi naam hayaat hai
Shirin zubaan hi saughaat hai,
Nasheb o faraaz e zeest to
Qismat, ittefaaq ki baat hai,
Din o raat ki mulaqaat hai,
Zindagi bazeecha e bisaat hai,
Haq ki baaten hoti hain bahot
Woh to bas khuda ki zaat hai
Kuchh dastaras men hai to wohi hai
Humsafar hai Rab yeh sahi hai,
Afsos, samajh men aati hai yeh baat ‘sahil’
Jab, waqt e ikhtetaam ho sach bhi yehi hai
Pa ba jaulaan. Zanjeeron men
Baargaah e maula. Rab ke aagey
Daleel argument. Evidence
Nasheb o faraaz. Viscissitudes of life
Baazeecha e bisat. Game of chess
Waqt e ikhtetaam. The end
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