shab ki divaar giri to dekhaa — Khaleel Tanveer

parind unchi uDaanon ki dhun mein rahtaa hai
magar zamin ki hadon mein basar bhi kartaa hai

vo log apne aap mein kitne aziim the
jo apne dushmanon se bhi nafrat na kar sake

auron ki buraai ko na dekhun vo nazar de
haan apni buraai ko parakhne kaa hunar de

rusvaa hue zalil hue dar-ba-dar hue
haq baat lab pe aai to ham be-hunar hue

parind shaakh pe tanhaa udaas baiThaa hai
uDaan bhuul gayaa muddaton ki bandish mein

main kyaa huun kaun huun kyaa chiiz mujh mein muzmar hai
kai hijaab uThaae magar hijaab mein huun

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

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

khairaat mein de aayaa huun jiiti hui baazi
duniyaa ye samajhti hai ki main haar gayaa huun

meri nigaah-e-shauq bhi kuchh kam nahin magar
phir bhi tiraa shabaab tiraa hi shabaab hai

hijr ki shab naala-e-dil vo sadaa dene lage
sunne vaale raat kaTne ki duaa dene lage