sab ke aangan jhaankne vaale ham se hi kyuun bair tujhe — Ahsan Yusuf Zai

barsaat tham chuki hai magar har shajar ke paas
itnaa to hai ki aap kaa daaman bhigo sake

luTeron ke liye soti hain aankhein
magar ham apne andar jaagte hain

kaaghaz ki naav huun jise tinkaa Dubo sake
yuun bhi nahin ki aap se ye bhi na ho sake

roz o shab bech diye hain main ne
is bulandi se giraataa kyaa hai

niind ko log maut kahte hain
khvaab kaa naam zindagi bhi hai

hamaari saansein mili hain gin ke
na jaane kitne baje hain din ke

shor din ko nahin sone detaa
shab ko sannaaTaa jagaa detaa hai

aisi duniyaa mein kab tak guzaaraa karein tum hi kah do ki kaise gavaaraa karein
raat mujh se miri bebasi ne kahaa bebasi ke liye ek taaza ghazal

har ek shaakh pe viraaniyaan musallat hain
badan-darakht bhi goyaa hai aashiyaan-e-shab

subh hoti hai to kunj-e-khush-gumaani mein kahin
pheink di jaati hai shab bhar ki siyaahi baandh kar

garmi bahut hai aaj khulaa rakh makaan ko
us ki gali se raat ko purvaai aaegi

is bhare shahr mein din raat Thaharte hi nahin
kaun yaadon ke safar-naame ko tahrir kare