tire badan ki mahak ko gulaab se tashbih — Maroof Raebarelvi

hamaare munh pe uDaataa huaa vo dhuul gayaa
hamin ne chalnaa sikhaayaa hamin ko bhuul gayaa

main pur-umid rahaa maarka koi bhi rahaa
magar ye raat ki jis ki koi sahar hi nahin

yaqin maanav ki urdu jo bol saktaa hai
vo pattharon kaa jigar bhi TaTol saktaa hai

asar duaaon mein hotaa hai kis qadar 'maaruf'
balaaein dekhi hain ham ne saron se Talte hue

vaqt jab aaya to sab daave zabaani nikle
yaar samjhe the jinhein dushman-e-jaani nikle

aap aur kuchh ghalat kahin tauba
jo ye kah de gunaahgaar hai vo

jhaankte raat ke garebaan se
ham ne sau aaftaab dekhe hain

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

raushni ho rahi hai kuchh mahsus
kyaa shab aakhir tamaam ko pahunchi

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

andheri shab kaa ye khvaab-manzar mujhe ujaalon se bhar rahaa hai
to raat itni tavil kar de ki taa-qayaamat sahar na aae

ghubaar-e-shahr mein use na DhunD jo khizaan ki shab
havaa ki raah se milaa, havaa ki raah par gayaa