raat basti jali gharibon ki — Samar Kabir

jo mire sochne ki baatein hain
dusre sochte hain mere liye

miyaan majnun to kab ke mar chuke hain
magar haathon mein patthar hai abhi tak

koi jaldi nahin hai soch lenaa
abhi inkaar ki gunjaaishein hain

in gharib logon ki ye 'ajib mushkil hai
sar jhukaa ke kahte hain sar nahin jhukaaeinge

qadam qadam pe mire khvaab jal rahe hain yahaan
main is zamin ko jannat banaane aayaa thaa

meri mazduri ke paise mujhe de do maalik
aaj beTi miri sasuraal se aai hui 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

raat us bazm mein tasvir ke maanind the ham
ham se puchhe to koi shama kaa jalnaa kyaa thaa

sunaa haal-e-dil-e-'majruh' shab ko
koi hasrat si hasrat thi bayaan mein

ek din aage hi duniyaa se uThaanaa ham ko
shab-e-furqat tu ilaahi na dikhaanaa ham ko