hijr o visaal e yaar kaa parda uthaa diyaa
— Firaq Gorakhpuri
Hijr-o-visaal-e-yaar kaa parda uThaa diyaa
Khud baDh ke ishq ne mujhe meraa pataa diyaa
Gard-o-ghubaar-e-hastee-e-faanee uDaa diyaa
Ai keemiyaa-e-ishq mujhe kya banaa diyaa
Wo saamne hai aur nazar se chhupaa diyaa
Ai ishq-e-be-hijaab mujhe kya dikhaa diyaa
Wo shaan-e-khaamushee ki bahaaren hain muntazir
Wo rang-e-guftugoo ki gulistaan banaa diyaa
Dam le rahee thiin husn kee jab sehr-kaariyaan
In vaqfa-haa-e-kufr ko eemaan banaa diyaa
Ma.aloom Kuch mujhee ko hain un kee ravaaniyaan
Jin qatra-haa-e-ashk ko Dariya banaa dayaa
Ik barq-e-be-qaraar thee tamkeen-e-husn bhee
Jis vaqt ishq ko gham-e-sabr-aazmaa diyaa
Saaqee mujhe bhee yaad hain wo tishna-kaamiyaan
Jin ko hareef-e-saaghar-o-meenaa banaa diyaa
Ma.aloom hai haqeeqat-e-gham-haa-e-rozgaar
Dunya ko tere dard ne Dunya banaa diyaa
Ai shokhi-e-nigaah-e-karam muddaton ke ba.ad
Khvaab-e-giraan-e-gham se mujhe kyuun jagaa diyaa
Kuch shorishen taghaaful-e-pinhaan men thiin jinhen
Hangaama-zaar-e-hashr-e-tamannaa banaa diyaa
BaDhtaa hee jaa raha hai jamaal-e-nazar-fareb
Husn-e-nazar ko husn-e-khud-aaraa banaa diyaa
Phir dekhnaa nigaah laDee kis se ishq kee
Gar husn ne hijaab-e-taghaaful uThaa diyaa
Jab Khoon ho chukaa dil-e-hastee-e-etibaar
Kuch dard bach rahe jinhen insaan banaa diyaa
Gum-karda-e-vafoor-e-gham-e-intizaar hoon
Too kya chhupaa ki mujh ko mujhee se chhupaa diyaa
Raat ab hareef-e-sub.h-e-qayaamat hee kyuun na ho
Jo Kuch bhee ho us aankh ko ab to jagaa diyaa
Ab main hoon aur lutf-o-karam ke takallufaat
Ye kyuun hijaab-e-ranjish-e-be-jaa banaa diyaa
Thee yuun to shaam-e-hijr magar pichhlee raat ko
Wo dard uThaa 'firaaq' ki main muskuraa diyaa