ajnabi khushbu ki aahaT se mahak uTThaa badan — Zaki Tariq

ham bhi kahne lage hain raat ko raat
ham bhi goyaa kharaab hone lage

'zaki' hamaaraa muqaddar hain dhuup ke kheme
hamein na raas kabhi aayaa saaebaan koi

gumaan hotaa hai mujh ko tumhaare aane kaa
havaa idhar se dabe paanv jab guzarti hai

itaab-o-qahr kaa har ik nishaan bolegaa
main chup rahaa to shikasta makaan bolegaa

roz suntaa huun main hansne ki sadaa
kaun ye mere sivaa hai mujh mein

simTe hue jazbon ko bikharne nahin detaa
ye aas kaa lamha hamein marne nahin detaa

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

charaagh ki thartharaati lau mein har os qatre mein har kiran mein
tumhaari aankhein kahaan nahin thiin tumhaaraa chehra kahaan nahin thaa

bahut hasin raat hai magar tum to so rahe ho
nikal ke kamre se ik nazar chaandni to dekho

ai soz-e-jaan-gudaaz abhi main javaan huun
ai dard-e-laa-ilaaj ye umr-e-shabaab hai