shab bhar shab-e-visaal rahaa chaandni kaa lutf — Bartholomew Gardner Sabr

hairat mein kyuun huzur hain aaina dekh kar
sach sach bataaiye ki numudaar kyaa huaa

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

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

hue khatm cigarette ab kyaa karein ham
hai pichhlaa pahar raat ke do baje hain

be-zabaan bhi to bataa detaa hai manzil kaa pataa
tai karaataa hai safar miil kaa patthar khaamosh

ji mein aataa hai ki phulon ki uDaa duun khushbu
rang uDaa laae hain zaalim tiri raanaai kaa