ik raat ki devi ke parastaar hain ham log — Nadim Nadeem

aah ko saaz banaate hain dukhon ki rut mein
dil-shikasta hain par aavaaz sanbhaale hue hain

kaise kaise log vujud ki zad mein aa kar mar gae
is dariyaa ki bheinT chaDhe kaise kaise tairaak

kyaa nayyaa aur kaisaa khevayyaa chaahne vaalo Duub maro
in aankhon ke dariyaaon mein aaj bhanvar bharpur paDe hain

vahshat nahin hai raqs-e-masarrat hai dasht mein
peDon ki shakl mein ye mire chaar-su ho tum

par kaTe panchhiyon se puchhte ho
tum mein uDne kaa hausla hai kyaa

badalte mausamon kaa haath thaame chalne vaalo
sukun pahunchaaegi tum ko shajar-kaari hamaari

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

jhaankte raat ke garebaan se
ham ne sau aaftaab dekhe hain

khairaat mein de aayaa huun jiiti hui baazi
duniyaa ye samajhti hai ki main haar gayaa huun

meri nigaah-e-shauq bhi kuchh kam nahin magar
phir bhi tiraa shabaab tiraa hi shabaab hai