nayyaa baandho nadi kinaare sakhi — Nasir Shahzad

dariyaa pe Tikri se pare khaanqaah thi
tab tere mere pyaar ki duniyaa gavaah thi

dekhaa qad-e-gunaah pe jab is ko multafit
baDh kar had-e-nigaah lagi us ko Dhaanpne

yaad aae tu mujh ko bahut jab shab kaTe jab pau phaTe
jab vaadiyon mein duur tak kohraa dikhe be-ant saa

khile dhaan khilkhilaa kar paDe naddiyon mein naake
ghani khushbuon se mahke mire des ke ilaaqe

hijraton mein huzuriyon ke jatan
paanv ko duriyon ne gheraa hai

ek kaaTaa raam ne siitaa ke saath
dusraa ban boss mere naam par

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

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

is raah-e-mohabbat mein tu saath agar hotaa
har gaam pe gul khilte khushbu kaa safar hotaa

main jab bhi ghar se nikaltaa huun raat ko tanhaa
charaagh le ke koi saath saath chaltaa hai

ab bhi aksar shab-e-tanhaai mein kuchh tahrirein
chaand ke aks se ho jaati hain raushan raushan