din-raat paDaa rahtaa huun darvaaze pe apne — Barq Dehlvi

shab-e-furqat nazar aate nahin aasaar-e-sahar
itni zulmat hai rukh-e-shama pe bhi nuur nahin

sar-ba-kaf hind ke jaan-baaz-e-vatan laDte hain
tegh-e-nau le saf-e-dushman mein ghuse paDte hain

rahegaa kis kaa hissa beshtar mere miTaane mein
ye baaham faisla pahle zamin o aasmaan kar lein

tere didaar se main aankh uThaaun kyunkar
zulf se paa-e-nazar halqa-e-zanjir mein hai

jab ki pahlu se yaar uThtaa hai
dard be-ikhtiyaar uThtaa hai

ye aansu ponchh lijiye aur muskuraaiye
chaara nahin hai koi bhi rukhsat kiye baghair

gham hai na ab khushi hai na ummid hai na yaas
sab se najaat paae zamaane guzar gae

ham haal to kah sakte hain apnaa pa kahein kyaa
jab vo idhar aate hain to tanhaa nahin aate

husn jalva dikhaa gayaa apnaa
ishq baiThaa rahaa udaas kahin

main ne apni palkon par gham-kade sajaae hain
aarzu ke maatam mein sogvaar hasti hai