an-kahi an-suni si kuchh baatein — Meena Kumari Naz

ayaadat ko aae shifaa ho gai
miri ruuh tan se judaa ho gai

tere qadmon ki aahaT ko ye dil hai DhunDtaa har dam
har ik aavaaz par ik thartharaahaT hoti jaati hai

puchhte ho to suno kaise basar hoti hai
raat khairaat ki sadqe ki sahar hoti hai

shama huun phuul huun yaa ret pe qadmon kaa nishaan
aap ko haq hai mujhe jo bhi ji chaahe kah lein

aaghaaz to hotaa hai anjaam nahin hotaa
jab meri kahaani mein vo naam nahin hotaa

hansi thami hai in aankhon mein yuun nami ki tarah
chamak uThe hain andhere bhi raushni ki tarah

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

jhaankte raat ke garebaan se
ham ne sau aaftaab dekhe hain

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