numud un ki bhi daur-e-subu mein thi kal raat — Sirajuddin Zafar

ai dost is zamaan-o-makaan ke azaab mein
dushman hai jo kisi ko duaa-e-hayaat de

vo tamaashaa huun hazaaron mire aaine hain
ek aaine se mushkil hai ayaan ho jaaun

hujum-e-gul mein rahe ham hazaar dast daraaz
sabaa-nafas the kisi par giraan nahin guzre

us ko sochun to dhyaan mein mere
khushbu aati hai pahli baarish ki

ishq udaasi ke paighaam to laataa rahtaa hai din raat
lekin ham ko khush rahne ki aadat bahut ziyaada hai

kahun ai zauq kyaa haal-e-shab-e-hijr
ki thi ik ik ghaDi sau sau mahine

ab bhi barsaat ki raaton mein badan TuTtaa hai
jaag uThti hain ajab khvaahishein angDaai ki

charaagh ki thartharaati lau mein har os qatre mein har kiran mein
tumhaari aankhein kahaan nahin thiin tumhaaraa chehra kahaan nahin thaa

shab-e-vaada fasil-e-hijr se aage chamaktaa hai tiraa ism-e-sitaara-ju
ki jaise koi paivand-e-ridaa-e-subh aa jaae kisi qindil ki zad mein