Sard, Tarik Raat

is qadar tera o sard hargiz na tha dil ka mausam kabhi

ek pal mein KHuda jaane kya ho gaya

chand ki wadiyon mein utar aai shab!

main wo tanha subuk-pa musafir tha takmil ki justuju

khinch lai thi ek roz jis ko yahan

aarzu thi mujhe main zamin ke liye

meri tarrar purkar chashm-e-nihan

faslon sarhadon

waqt ke sab hisaron ke us par ki

shahr-e-imroz mein

an-ginat KHubsurat tasawir aawezan kar degi jab

dur ki har pur-asrar sarshaar aawaz mere lahu mein utar jaegi

mere daman ko phulon se bhar jaegi

sard se sard-tar

har ghaDi ho rahi hai rag-o-pai mein bahte anasir ki rau

shab guzar jaegi

chand ki munjamid wadiyon mein sulagti hui raushni

subh-dam ek pal mein umanD aaegi

mujh ko Dar hai magar

saat-e-nau ke hangam se peshtar

tera sard shab ka bhayanak amal

dil ke aafaq par

ho na jae kahin maut tak hukmaran

KHatm ho jae takmil ki dastan!!