Aaj Dil Hai Ki Sar-E-Sham Bujha Lagta Hai

Ezaz Afzal

aaj dil hai ki sar-e-sham bujha lagta hai

ye andhere ka musafir bhi thaka lagta hai

apne bahke hue daman ki ḳhabar li na ga.i

jis ko dekho charaghon se ḳhafa lagta hai

baagh ka phuul nahin lala-e-sahra huun main

lu ka jhonka bhi mujhe bad-e-saba lagta hai

tangi-e-zarf-e-nazar kasrat-e-nazzara-e-dahar

pyaas kachchi ho to har jaam bhara lagta hai

kis takalluf se girah khol raha huun dil ki

uqda-e-dard tira band-e-qaba lagta hai

ḳhar-zaron ko sikha de na gulistan ka chalan

ye musafir to koi abla-pa lagta hai

dekh tu rauzan-e-zindan se zara su-e-chaman

aaj kyuun dil ka har ik zaḳhm hara lagta hai

kaun ‘afzal’ ke siva aisi ghazal chheḌega

dosto ye vahi ashufta-nava lagta hai