apni hasti se tha khud main bad-guman kal raat ko
kuchh na tha andesha-e-sud-o-ziyan kal raat ko
chandni barsat sehn-e-gulistan dilkash hava
thiin hujum-e-gham men ye ranginiyan kal raat ko
vusat-e-takhil ke halqe men tha arsh-e-barin
dekhti thiin chashm-e-dil kaun-o-makan kal raat ko
mil rahe the dast-e-ulfat se mujhe jam-e-sharab
mehrban tha vo but-e-na-mehraban kal raat ko
vo mohabbat ki nigahen vo mohabbat ke kalam
haan do-bala thi ada-e-dil-satan kal raat ko
har nazar paigham har andaz men raqsan ummid
aur hi tha us ka tarz-e-imtihan kal raat ko
iffat-e-ulfat se thi aina-e-dil ki jila
varna tha jazbat ka dariya ravan kal raat ko
zauq se vo sun rahe the dastan-e-gham miri
ho raha tha inqilab-e-asman kal raat ko
dil ki ik avaz thi is bazm men tafsir-e-gham
ho chuke the vo bhi majbur-e-fughan kal raat ko
tafarqe be-ai.tmadi dushmani makr-o-fareb
thi tiri taabir ai hindostan kal raat ko
so chuke the chand hi ghanton men arbab-e-nashat
sub.h tak tha saath vo aram-e-jan kal raat ko
rang-e-sahba chashm-e-nargis men tha ‘asi’ vaqt-e-sub.h
jagne se ho rahi thiin khun-fishan kal raat ko
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