shab-e-furqat nazar aate nahin aasaar-e-sahar — Barq Dehlvi

din-raat paDaa rahtaa huun darvaaze pe apne
is gham mein ki koi kabhi aataa thaa idhar se

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

jhaankte raat ke garebaan se
ham ne sau aaftaab dekhe hain

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

raushni ho rahi hai kuchh mahsus
kyaa shab aakhir tamaam ko pahunchi

kal yahi bachche samundar ko muqaabil paaeinge
aaj tairaate hain jo kaaghaz ki nannhi kashtiyaan

huaa hai shah kaa musaahib phire hai itraataa
vagarna shahr mein 'ghaalib' ki aabru kyaa hai

ab bhi barsaat ki raaton mein badan TuTtaa hai
jaag uThti hain ajab khvaahishein angDaai ki