Poet Name: Peer Akram

raat ke andhe darīchoñ ko munavvar dekhte ham khulī ā.ankhoñ se jo ḳhvāboñ ke manzar dekhte band rakkhe ḳhud hamīñ

mire liye to ye sāneha bhī nayā nahīñ thā masāfat-e-jāñ kā ham-safar bhī mirā nahīñ thā laboñ pe pahuñche to

maiñ añdheroñ ke nagar se bhī guzar aayā to kyā bujh ga.iiñ āñkheñ mirī vo ab nazar aayā to kyā

ik ḳhāna-e-mātam hī ye aalam to nahīñ hai taqdīr-e-bashar nauha-e-paiham to nahīñ hai naġhmāt-e-masarrat bhī haiñ lamhāt-e-tarab bhī ye shām-e-alam

pattharoñ ne ye tamāshā to kabhī dekhā na thā itnī ḳhāmoshī se koī aa.ina TuuTā na thā dard ke sāgar

sisak rahī hai añdheroñ meñ shām-e-tanhā.ī koī charāġh jalāo ba-nām-e-tanhā.ī sadā rahe yūñhī ābād shahr-e-shīshagarāñ ki mere naam kiyā vaqf

harf raushan the numāyāñ dard kī tahrīr thī us kā chehra thā ki mere karb kī tafsīr thī kuchh mirī

shab kī āñkhoñ se jo girā hogā chāñd ban kar chamak rahā hogā ratjage de ke umr bhar ke hameñ

zauq-e-parvāz kī itnī to pazīrā.ī kar par-shikasta huuñ jo maiñ hausla-afzā.ī kar dil-e-ḳhush-fahm ko de phir koī ḳhush-rang fareb phir

shīshe kī dīvār thī haa.il qurb kī aisī sūrat thī kuchh apnī bhī majbūrī thī kuchh us kī bhī zarūrat