shab-e-vasl ki kyaa kahun daastaan — Dagh Dehlvi

baat tak karni na aati thi tumhein
ye hamaare saamne ki baat hai

ghazab kiyaa tire vaade pe e'tibaar kiyaa
tamaam raat qayaamat kaa intizaar kiyaa

kal tak to aashnaa the magar aaj ghair ho
do din mein ye mizaaj hai aage ki khair ho

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

kahin hai iid ki shaadi kahin maatam hai maqtal mein
koi qaatil se miltaa hai koi bismil se miltaa hai

ruuh kis mast ki pyaasi gai mai-khaane se
mai uDi jaati hai saaqi tire paimaane se

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

rok do ye raushni ki tez dhaar
meri miTTi mein gundhi hai raat bhi

rang ho raushni ho yaa khushbu
sab mein partav usi hasin ke hain

baarish ke baa'd raat saDak aaina si thi
ik paanv paaniyon pe paDaa chaand hil gayaa