shab-e-visaal mein sunnaa paDaa fasaana-e-ghair — Taskeen Dehlavi

qaasid aayaa hai vahaan se tu zaraa tham to sahi
baat to karne de us se dil-e-betaab mujhe

kahe deti hain ye nichi nigaahein
ki baalaa-e-zamin kyaa kyaa na hogaa

itni na kiije jaane ki jaldi shab-e-visaal
dekhe hain main ne kaam bigaDte shitaab mein

puchhe jo tujh se koi ki 'taskin' se kyuun milaa
kah diijo haal dekh ke rahm aa gayaa mujhe

abhi is raah se koi gayaa hai
kahe deti hai shokhi naqsh-e-paa ki

taskin' karun kyaa dil-e-muztar kaa ilaaj ab
kam-bakht ko mar kar bhi to aaraam na aayaa

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

ab bhi barsaat ki raaton mein badan TuTtaa hai
jaag uThti hain ajab khvaahishein angDaai ki

ishq udaasi ke paighaam to laataa rahtaa hai din raat
lekin ham ko khush rahne ki aadat bahut ziyaada hai

kahun ai zauq kyaa haal-e-shab-e-hijr
ki thi ik ik ghaDi sau sau mahine

har ek shaakh pe viraaniyaan musallat hain
badan-darakht bhi goyaa hai aashiyaan-e-shab