ai ham-nafaso! shab hai giran jagte rahna
har lahza hai yan KHatra-e-jaan jagte rahna
aisa na ho ye raat koi hashr uTha de
uThta hai sitaron se dhuan jagte rahna
ab husn ki duniya mein bhi aaram nahin hai
hai shor sar-e-ku-e-butan jagte rahna
ye sehn-e-gulistan nahin maqtal hai rafiqo!
har shaKH hai talwar yahan jagte rahna
be-daron ki duniya kabhi luTti nahin 'dauran'
ek shama liye tum bhi yahan jagte rahna
Ghazal
Ai ham-nafaso! shab hai giran jagte rahna
Owais Ahmad Dauran