itni na kiije jaane ki jaldi shab-e-visaal — Taskeen Dehlavi

qaasid aayaa hai vahaan se tu zaraa tham to sahi
baat to karne de us se dil-e-betaab mujhe

kahe deti hain ye nichi nigaahein
ki baalaa-e-zamin kyaa kyaa na hogaa

puchhe jo tujh se koi ki 'taskin' se kyuun milaa
kah diijo haal dekh ke rahm aa gayaa mujhe

abhi is raah se koi gayaa hai
kahe deti hai shokhi naqsh-e-paa ki

taskin' karun kyaa dil-e-muztar kaa ilaaj ab
kam-bakht ko mar kar bhi to aaraam na aayaa

jis vaqt nazar paDti hai us shokh pe 'taskin'
kyaa kahiye ki ji mein mere kyaa kyaa nahin hotaa

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

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

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

shab-e-hijr jab khvaab dekhaa ye dekhaa
ki tujh ko gale se lagaae hue hain