Urdu Poetry Forum

Chahat ke subh-o-shaam mohaabat ke raat din
"dil dhoondta hai phir wohi fursat ke raat din"

wo shoq-e-be.panah main alfaaz ki talash
izhaar ki zubaan main luknat ke raat din

wo ibtida-e-ishq , wo aghaaz-e-shayri
wo dasht-e-jaaN meiN pehli musafat ke raat din

saudaa-e-aazari meiN hawa-e-sanamgari
wo but parastiyooN meiN ibaadat ke raat din

ruu-e-nigaraaN-o-chashm-e-ghazaleiN ke tazkarey
gaisu-e-yaar-o-Harf-o-Hikayat ke raat din

nakarda.kariyooN pe bhi badnamiyooN ka shor
akhtar shumariyooN pe bhi tuhmat ke raat din

Mir-o-Anees-o-Ghalib-o-Iqbal se alag
Rashid, Nadeem, Faiz se raghbat ke raat din

sheelay ka sahar, Keats ka dukh, Byran ki dhaj
inn kaafirnaan-e-ishq se nisbat ke raat din

jesay mae-e-sukhan se suraaHi bhari hui
zor-e-bayaan-e-Husn-e-tabiyat ke raat din

rakh kar kitab-e-aqal ko nisiyaaN ke taaq per
wo aashiQi meiN dil ki Hukoomat ke raat din

har rose, rose-e-abar tha, har chaand, chaand raat
azaad zindagi thi, faraghat ke raat din

ek raazdaar-e-khas ko har waqt dhoondna
be.aitbaariooN meiN zaroorat ke raat din

wo har kisi se apna hi aHwaal poochhna
apney se bhi tajahul-e-ghaflat ke raat din

ek dushman-e-wafa ko bhulaney ke waastey
chara.GarooN ki pind-o-naseeHat ke raat din

pehlay bhi jaaN.gusl thae magar iss qadar na thae
ek shehr-e-be.amaaN meiN sukoonat ke raat din

phir ye hua shewa-e-dil tark kar diya
aur taj diey thae ham ne mohabbat ke raat din

fikr-e-muaash shehr badar kar gai hamaiN
phir ham thae aur kalam ki mushaqqat ke raat din

phirtay thae Mir khwaar koi poochhta na tha
qismat meiN jab talak thae qanaa.t ke raat din

naauwardaan-e-shehr-e-tamanna ko kya khabar
ham saaknaan-e-koo-e-malamat ke raat din

AHMAD FARAZ