raat ko pahlu mein ek taswir raushan ho gai 
KHwab to dekha nahin tabir raushan ho gai 
us but-e-kafir ko jo dekha bahut nazdik se 
naqsh-gar ki shoKHi-e-tahrir raushan ho gai 
dasht-e-wahshat mein ghubar-e-naqa-e-laila to hai 
hasrat ai pa-e-junun zanjir raushan ho gai 
zaKHm-e-naumidi charaghan kar rahe hain zist mein 
dagh kya raushan hue taqdir raushan ho gai 
us ki aankhon mein umaD aaya sitaron ka hujum 
gul-kade mein shauq ki tanwir raushan ho gai 
aarzuen sab shikasta KHwab sare munhadim 
mere ghar mein raunaq-e-tamir raushan ho gai 
saz-e-dil-dari pe naghma-zan hui sham-e-visal 
mauj-e-gul ki KHubi-e-taqrir raushan ho gai 
raqs farmane lage sab ranj-o-gham soz-o-alam 
sham-e-mina jal uThi tasir raushan ho gai 
umr-e-zindan mein guzari par 'nadim' itna to hai 
mashal-e-KHurshid se zanjir raushan ho gai
        Ghazal
Raat ko pahlu mein ek taswir raushan ho gai
Kamran Nadeem

