log kahte hain raat biit chuki — Saghar Siddiqui

ab shahr-e-aarzu mein vo raanaaiyaan kahaan
hain gul-kade niDhaal baDi tez dhuup hai

kal jinhein chhu nahin sakti thi farishton ki nazar
aaj vo raunaq-e-baazaar nazar aate hain

charaagh-e-tur jalaao baDaa andheraa hai
zaraa naqaab uThaao baDaa andheraa hai

ye zulf-bar-dosh kaun aayaa ye kis ki aahaT se gul khile hain
mahak rahi hai fazaa-e-hasti tamaam aalam bahaar saa hai

jis ahd mein luT jaae faqiron ki kamaai
us ahd ke sultaan se kuchh bhuul hui hai

teri surat jo ittifaaq se ham
bhuul jaaein to kyaa tamaashaa ho

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

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

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

vo to khushbu hai har ik samt bikharnaa hai use
dil ko kyuun zid hai ki aaghosh mein bharnaa hai use

dil mein na ho jurat to mohabbat nahin milti
khairaat mein itni baDi daulat nahin milti

koi tashbih kaa khurshid na talmih kaa chaand
sar-e-qirtaas lagaa harf-e-barhana achchhaa