aaj ki raat hai bahut bhaari — Shehzad Anjum Burhani

dil ki hi kisi baat ko tahrir na kar paae
likhne pe jab aae the to kyaa kyaa nahin likkhaa

ye kyaa ki khayaalon se uDi jaati hai khushbu
main ne to abhi tak use sochaa bhi nahin hai

'arzi insaaf ki ham ne bhi lagaa rakkhi hai
dekhiye zill-e-ilaahi hamein kab puchhte hain

zamaana jin ki qayaadat mein gaamzan thaa vo log
bhaTak gae tiri aankhon ki rahnumaai mein

vo phuul hai to use jaan tak karo mahsus
vo chaand hai to andheraa baDhaa ke dekhaa jaae

abhi se falsafa-e-reg-zaar ki baatein
abhi to 'ishq ke maktab mein haaziri hui 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

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

nahin vo agli si raunaq dayaar-e-hasti ki
tabaah-kun koi tufaan thaa shabaab na thaa

chup-chaap sunti rahti hai pahron shab-e-firaaq
tasvir-e-yaar ko hai miri guftugu pasand

aisi tanhaa raaton mein hi aati hai
ek ghazal jo shaa'ir ko khaa jaati hai