Akasr Is Tarah Se Bhi Raat Basar Hoti Hai

Nazeer Banarasi

akasr is tarah se bhi raat basar hoti hai

raat ki raat nazar janib-e-dar hoti hai

jis se duniya-e-sukun zer-o-zabar hoti hai

vo mulaqat sar-e-rahguzar hoti hai

Thes lagti hai jahan ishq ki ḳhuddari ko

zindagi baḌh ke vahin sina-sipar hoti hai

ye sapedi-e-sahar hai ki sitaron ka kafan

raat dam toḌ rahi hai ki sahar hoti hai

apne daman se to main ponchh raha huun aansu

daman-e-dost ki tauhin magar hoti hai

aap ara.ish-e-gesu men lage hain nahaq

fateh-e-dil to mohabbat ki nazar hoti hai

rasta roke hue kab se khaḌi hai duniya

na idhar hoti hai zalim na udhar hoti hai

tu nazar bhar ke sar-e-bazm na dekh un ko ‘nazir’

is se rusva.i-e-tahzib-e-nazar hoti hai