shab-e-zafaf-e-abu-lahab thi magar khudaya vo kaisi shab thi
abu-lahab ki dulhan jab aai to sar pe indhan gale men
sanpon ke haar laai na us ko mashshatgi se matlab
na maang ghaza na rang roghan gale men sanpon
ke haar us ke to sar pe indhan
khudaya kaisi shab-e-zafaf-e-abu-lahab thi
ye dekhte hi hujum biphra bhadak uthe yuun ghazab
ki shole ke jaise nange badan pe jabir ke taziyane
javan ladkon ki taliyan thi na sehan men shokh
ladkiyon ke thirakte paanv thirak rahe the
na naghma baaqi na shadyane
abu-lahab ne ye rang dekha lagam thami lagai
mahmez abu-lahab ki khabar na aai
abu-lahab ki khabar jo aai to sal-ha-sal ka zamana
ghubar ban kar bikhar chuka tha
abu-lahab ajnabi zaminon ke laal o gauhar samet kar
phir vatan ko lauta hazar tarrar o tez ankhen purane
ghurfon se jhank utthin hujum piir o javan ka
gahra hujum apne gharon se nikla abu-lahab ke julus
ko dekhne ko lapka
abu-lahab ik shab-e-zafaf-e-abu-lahab ka jala
phaphula khayal ki ret ka bagula vo ishq-e-barbad
ka heyula hujum men se pukar utthi abu-lahab
tu vahi hai jis ki dulhan jab aai to sar pe indhan
gale men sanpon ke haar laai
abu-lahab ek lamha thithka lagam thami lagai
mahmez abu-lahab ki khabar na aai
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