Shayari
ye ham jo peT se hī sochte haiñ shaam o sahar
kabhī to jā.eñge is dāl-bhāt se aage
The poetry of mornings — fresh starts, dawn, and new beginnings.
ye ham jo peT se hī sochte haiñ shaam o sahar
kabhī to jā.eñge is dāl-bhāt se aage
phir sar-e-sub.h kisī dard ke dar vā karne
dhaan ke khet se ik mauj-e-havā aa.ī hai
ye daaġh daaġh ujālā ye shab-gazīda sahar
vo intizār thā jis kā ye vo sahar to nahīñ
kab Thahregā dard ai dil kab raat basar hogī
sunte the vo ā.eñge sunte the sahar hogī
dil kī betābī nahīñ Thaharne detī hai mujhe
din kahīñ raat kahīñ sub.h kahīñ shaam kahīñ
use sub.h-e-azal inkār kī jur.at huī kyūñkar
mujhe mālūm kyā vo rāz-dāñ terā hai yā merā
vasl ke din shab-e-hijrāñ kī haqīqat mat pūchh
bhuul jaanī hai mujhe sub.h kuuñ phir shaam kī baat
muntazir us ke dilā tā-ba-kujā baiThnā
shaam huī ab chalo sub.h phir aa baiThnā
ham ahl-e-qafas tanhā bhī nahīñ har roz nasīm-e-sub.h-e-vatan
yādoñ se mo.attar aatī hai ashkoñ se munavvar jaatī hai
jo nafas thā ḳhār-e-gulū banā jo uThe the haath lahū hue
vo nashāt-e-āh-e-sahr ga.ī vo vaqār-e-dast-e-duā gayā
jab tujhe yaad kar liyā sub.h mahak mahak uThī
jab tirā ġham jagā liyā raat machal machal ga.ī
āñkhoñ meñ merī sub.h-e-qayāmat ga.ī jhamak
siine se us parī ke jo parda ulaT gayā
tum aa.e ho na shab-e-intizār guzrī hai
talāsh meñ hai sahar baar baar guzrī hai
rang-e-shikasta sub.h-e-bahār-e-nazāra hai
ye vaqt hai shaguftan-e-gul-hā-e-nāz kā
haañ dikhā de ai tasavvur phir vo sub.h o shaam tū
dauḌ pīchhe kī taraf ai gardish-e-ayyām tū
qulqul-e-mīnā sadā nāqūs kī shor-e-azāñ
ThanDe ThanDe dīdanī hai garmī-e-bāzār-e-sub.h
'attār' ho 'rūmī' ho 'rāzī' ho 'ġhazālī' ho
kuchh haath nahīñ aatā be-āh-e-sahar-gāhī
vasl kī raat ke sivā koī shaam
saath le kar sahar nahīñ aatī
ye kyā fusūñ hai ki sub.h-e-gurez kā pahlū
shab-e-visāl tirī baat baat se niklā
raat pī zamzam pe mai aur sub.h-dam
dho.e dhabbe jāma-e-ehrām ke