hijr ki raat ye har Dubte taare ne kahaa — Ali Jawad Zaidi

ye dushmani hai saaqi yaa dosti hai saaqi
auron ko jaam denaa mujh ko dikhaa dikhaa ke

guftugu ke khatm ho jaane par aayaa ye khayaal
jo zabaan tak aa nahin paayaa vahi to dil mein thaa

jin hauslon se meraa junun mutmain na thaa
vo hausle zamaane ke meyaar ho gae

lazzat-e-dard mili ishrat-e-ehsaas mili
kaun kahtaa hai ham us bazm se naakaam aae

ab dard mein vo kaifiyat-e-dard nahin hai
aayaa huun jo us bazm-e-gul-afshaan se guzar ke

jab kabhi dekhaa hai ai 'zaidi' nigaah-e-ghaur se
har haqiqat mein mile hain chand afsaane mujhe

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

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

kahun ai zauq kyaa haal-e-shab-e-hijr
ki thi ik ik ghaDi sau sau mahine

ishq udaasi ke paighaam to laataa rahtaa hai din raat
lekin ham ko khush rahne ki aadat bahut ziyaada hai

charaagh ki thartharaati lau mein har os qatre mein har kiran mein
tumhaari aankhein kahaan nahin thiin tumhaaraa chehra kahaan nahin thaa

shab-e-vaada fasil-e-hijr se aage chamaktaa hai tiraa ism-e-sitaara-ju
ki jaise koi paivand-e-ridaa-e-subh aa jaae kisi qindil ki zad mein