pheinkaa thaa kis ne sang-e-havas raat khvaab mein — Aslam Aazad

doston ke saath din mein baiTh kar hanstaa rahaa
apne kamre mein vo jaa kar khuub royaa raat bhar

dhuup ke baadal baras kar jaa chuke the aur main
oDh kar shabnam ki chaadar chhat pe soyaa raat bhar

main ne apni khvaahishon kaa qatl khud hi kar diyaa
haath khun-aalud hain in ko abhi dhoyaa nahin

apnaa makaan bhi thaa usi moD par magar
jaane main kis khayaal mein auron ke ghar gayaa

hamaare biich vo chup-chaap baiThaa rahtaa hai
main sochtaa huun magar kuchh mujhe pataa na lage

na dasht o dar se alag thaa na jangalon se judaa
vo apne shahr mein rahtaa thaa phir bhi tanhaa thaa

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

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

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

kyaa zaraa saa vaqt badlaa sab ne aankhein pher liin
bebasi par muskuraate hain mire ahbaab dekh