kitni tarik hai shab har taraf kali balaon ka hujum ahraman jag raha hai kab se daudte phirte hain tariki mein raat ke kitne bhayanak sae dil laraz uthta hai rah-rah ke mera is andhere mein jo aati hai sada hat se hath ke takrane ki raat tarik hai aur tu bhi mere pas nahin tere aane ki koi aas nahin dasht-e-tanhai hai aflak ki pahnai hai mere aawara khayalon ki ghata chhai hai zindagi jam se takraati hai mai-khanon mein chhup ke baithi hai magar aaj nihan-khanon mein rang bharti nahin afsanon mein chand ki samt hai parwaz junun walon ki baat hi aur hai diwanon ki ek hi jast mein aflak pe ja pahunche hain main kahan hun ki andhere ke siwa aur yahan kuchh bhi nahin dur hai qafila-e-subh-e-bahaar aagahi rah mein milte hue katraati hai raat tarik hai aur tu bhi mere pas nahin tere aane ki koi aas nahin is andhere mein magar khun-e-jigar ki shamen apne virane mein raushan kar lun mujh ko ta-subh isi taur pe jalna hoga jam-e-khurshid uthane ke liye nur-e-khurshid ko palkon mein chhupane ke liye