chaunk chaunk uthta hun ai baad-e-saba raat gae
kaun deta hai dar-e-dil pe sada raat gae

aarzuon ke musalsal kai baadal barse
mere shane pe wo lahrai ghata raat gae

mere hi sine mein chehre ko chhupa kar us ne
di meri shokh-nigahi ki saza raat gae

dil mein ab tak hai shafaq-rang khayalon ka hujum
us ke aariz pe tha wo rang-e-haya raat gae

us ke eajaz-e-talattuf ki tadap kya kahiye
koi ehsas ka pahlu na bacha raat gae

hae ye ramz-e-sukhan aah ye andaz-e-firaq
kasmasa aur meri fikr zara raat gae

tha mere hath mein wo dast-e-hinai 'mutrib'
the dar-e-dil pe bhi kuchh naqsh-e-hina raat gae