Chaahat ke subH-o-shaam, muHabbat ke raat din

Chaahat ke subH-o-shaam, 

muHabbat ke raat din

"dil DhuuNDtaa hai phir wohi 

fursat ke raat din"

woh shauq-e-be.panah meN 

alfaaz ki talaash

izhaar ki zubaan meN luknat 

ke raat din

woh ibtidaa-e-'ishq , woh 

aaGhaaz-e-shaa'irii

woh dasht-e-jaaN meN pehli 

musaafat ke raat din

saudaa-e-Aazari meN 

hawaa-e-sanamgarii

woh but- parastiyoN meN 

'ibaadat ke raat din

ruu-e-nigaraaN-o-chashm-e-

GhazaloN ke tazkire

gaisu-e-yaar-o-Harf-o-

Hikaayat ke raat din

naakardah-kaariyoN pe 

bhi bad-naamiyoN ka sho'r

aKhtar shumariyoN pe bhi 

tuhmat ke raat din

Meer-o-Anees-o-Ghalib-o-

Iqbal se alag

Raashid, Nadeem, Faiz se 

raGhbat ke raat din

Shelly ka seHr, Keats kaa 

dukh, Byron ki dhaj

inn kaafiraan-e-'ishq se nisbat 

ke raat din

jaise mae-e-suKhan se suraahi 

bharii hu'ii

zor-e-bayaan-e-Husn-e-

tabee'at ke raat din

rakh kar kitaab-e-aql ko 

nisiyaaN ke taaq par

woh aashiqii meN dil ki 

Hukuumat ke raat din

har roz, roz-e-abr thaa, 

har raat chaand raat

azaad zindagi thii, faraaGhat 

ke raat din

ik raazdaar-e-Khaas ko har 

waqt DhuuNDna

be-a'itbaariyoN meN zaruurat 

ke raat din

woh har kisi se apna hi 

aHwaal puuchhnaa

apne se bhi tajaahul-e-Ghaflat 

ke raat din

ik dushman-e-wafaa ko 

bhulaane ke waaste

chaarah-garooN ki pand-o-

naseeHat ke raat din

pehle bhi jaaN-gusil thay, 

magar iss qadar nah thay

ik shehr-e-be.amaaN meN 

sukuunat ke raat din

phir yeh hu'a kih shewah-e-

dil tark kar diyaa

aur taj diye thay ham ne 

muHabbat ke raat din

fikr-e-mu'aash, shehr- 

badar kar gayii hameN

phir ham thay aur qalam 

ki mashaqqat ke raat din

phirte thay Mir Khwaar ko'ii

puuchhtaa nah thaa

qismat meN jab talak thay 

qanaa'at ke raat din

nau-waaridaan-e-shehr-e-

tamanna ko kyaa Khabar

ham saakinaan-e-kuu-e-

malaamat ke raat din