chaman mein kaun hai pursaan-e-haal shabnam kaa — Arsh Malsiyani

jitni vo mire haal pe karte hain jafaaein
aataa hai mujhe un ki mohabbat kaa yaqin aur

ishq-e-butaan kaa le ke sahaaraa kabhi kabhi
apne khudaa ko ham ne pukaaraa kabhi kabhi

mohabbat soz bhi hai saaz bhi hai
khamoshi bhi hai ye aavaaz bhi hai

maut hi insaan ki dushman nahin
zindagi bhi jaan le kar jaaegi

ik raushni si dil mein thi vo bhi nahin rahi
vo kyaa gae charaagh-e-tamannaa bujhaa gae

saaqi miri khamosh-mizaaji ki laaj rakh
iqraar gar nahin hai to inkaar bhi nahin

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

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

aaj bahut din baa'd main apne kamre tak aa niklaa thaa
juun hi darvaaza kholaa hai us ki khushbu aai hai

tum aake lauT gae phir bhi ho yahin maujud
tumhaare jism ki khushbu mire makaan mein hai

itni siyaah-raat mein itni si raushni
ye chaand vo nahin miraa mahtaab aur hai