har uqda-e-tadir-e-jahan khol rahi hai
haan dhyan se sunna ye sadi bol rahi hai
angdaiyan leti hai tamanna tiri dil men
shishe men pari naaz ke par tol rahi hai
rah rah ke khanak jaati hai saaqi ye shab-e-mah
ik jaam pila khunki-e-shab bol rahi hai
dil tang hai shab ko kafan-e-nur pahna ke
vo subh jo ghunchon ki girah khol rahi hai
ik aag laga deti hai divanon ke dil men
ghunchon ki ragon men jo tiri dol rahi hai
chhalkati hai jo aankh nigahon se gulabi
is parde men vo zahr bhi kuchh ghol rahi hai
shabnam ki damak hai vo shab-e-mah ki devi
moti sar-e-gulzar-e-jahan rol rahi hai
rakhti hai mashiyyat had-e-parvaz jahan bhi
insan ki himmat vahin par tol rahi hai
pahlu men shab-e-tar ke hai kaun si duniya
jis ke liye aghosh sahar khol rahi hai
har aan vo rag rag men chatakti hui kaliyan
is shokh hai paimana-e-mai bol rahi hai
khush hai dil-e-gham-ghin bhi ghanimat hai ye vaqfa
us ki nigah-e-naz bhi hans bol rahi hai
go husn ki qimat hai azal hi se do-alam
vo jins-e-mohabbat hai jo anmol rahi hai
phir az-sar-e-nau chaunkti jaati hain nigahen
khamoshi hain aflak zamin bol rahi hai
ik kashf-e-karamat ka aalam hai gulistan
ya bad-e-saba raz-e-jahan khol rahi hai
chhidte hi ghazal badhte chale raat ke saae
avaz miri gesu-e-shab khol rahi hai
aata hai ‘firaq’ aaj idhar bahr-e-ziyarat
but-khane ki khamosh faza bol rahi hai
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