nigah-e-yar yunhi aur chand paimane
ab apne hosh mein aane na paen diwane
mohabbat asl mein kya chiz hai KHuda jaane
dahan mein jitni zabanen hain utne afsane
jo ashk-e-surKH hai nama-nigar hai dil ka
sukut-e-shab mein likhe ja rahe hain afsane
jahan-e-hosh mein ta-hashr tabsire honge
zaban mein apni ye kya kah rahe the diwane
shugun us nigah-e-mai-farosh se le kar
hum aap waza karenge hazar maiKHane
na puchho aah-e-mohabbat ki raKHna-andazi
KHuda gawah hai apne hue hain begane
har ashk-e-surKH hai daman-e-shab mein aag ka phul
baghair shama ke bhi jal rahe hain parwane
qadam qadam pe sada-e-shikast-e-tauba hai
nisar-e-laghzish-e-saqi hazar paimane
fareb-e-husn-e-samaat teri duhai hai
haqiqaton ki jagah chhinte hain afsane
buland-o-past nazar farq-e-zahiri hai 'siraj'
bane to hain inhin aabaadiyon se virane
Ghazal
Nigah-e-yar yunhi aur chand paimane
Siraj Lakhnavi

