Nigah-E-Yar Yunhi Aur Chand Paimane

Siraj Lakhnavi

nigah-e-yar yunhi aur chand paimane

ab apne hosh men aane na paa.en divane

mohabbat asl men kya chiiz hai ḳhuda jaane

dahan men jitni zabanen hain utne afsane

jo ashk-e-surḳh hai nama-nigar hai dil ka

sukut-e-shab men likhe ja rahe hain afsane

jahan-e-hosh men ta-hashr tabsire honge

zaban men apni ye kya kah rahe the divane

shugun us nigah-e-mai-farosh se le kar

ham aap vaz.a karenge hazar maiḳhane

na puchho ah-e-mohabbat ki raḳhna-andazi

ḳhuda gavah hai apne hue hain begane

har ashk-e-surḳh hai daman-e-shab men aag ka phuul

baghair sham.a ke bhi jal rahe hain parvane

qadam qadam pe sada-e-shikast-e-tauba hai

nisar-e-laghzish-e-saqi hazar paimane

fareb-e-husn-e-sama.at tiri duha.i hai

haqiqaton ki jagah chhinte hain afsane

buland-o-past nazar farq-e-zahiri hai ‘siraj’

bane to hain inhin abadiyon se virane