narm fazaa ki karvaten dil ko dukhaa ke rah gaiin
— Firaq Gorakhpuri
Narm fazaa kee karvaTen dil ko dukhaa ke rah ga.iin
ThanDee havaa.en bhee tiree yaad dilaa ke rah ga.iin
Shaam bhee thee dhuaan dhuaan husn bhee thaa udaas udaas
Dil ko ka.ee kahaaniyaan yaad see aa ke rah ga.iin
Mujh ko kharaab kar ga.iin neem-nigaahiyaan tiree
Mujh se hayaat o maut bhee aankhen churaa ke rah ga.iin
Husn-e-nazar-fareb men kis ko kalaam thaa magar
Teree adaa.en aaj to dil men samaa ke rah ga.iin
Tab kaheen Kuch pata chalaa sidq-o-khuloos-e-husn kaa
Jab wo nigaahen ishq se baaten banaa ke rah ga.iin
Tere khiraam-e-naaz se aaj vahaan chaman khile
Faslen bahaar kee jahaan khaak uDaa ke rah ga.iin
Poochh na un nigaahon kee turfa karishma-saaziyaan
Fitne sulaa ke rah ga.iin fitne jagaa ke rah ga.iin
Taaron kee aankh bhee bhar aa.ee meree sadaa-e-dard par
Un kee nigaahen bhee tiraa naam bataa ke rah ga.iin
Uf ye zameen kee gardishen aah ye gham kee Thokaren
Ye bhee to bakht-e-khufta ke shaane hilaa ke rah ga.iin
Aur to ahl-e-dard kaun sambhaaltaa bhalaa
Haan teree shaadmaaniyaan un ko rulaa ke rah ga.iin
Yaad Kuch aa.iin is tarah bhoolee huee kahaaniyaan
Kho.e hue dilon men aaj dard uThaa ke rah ga.iin
Saaz-e-nashaat-e-zindagee aaj laraz laraz uThaa
Kis kee nigaahen ishq kaa dard sunaa ke rah ga.iin
Tum nahin aa.e aur raat rah ga.ee raah dekhtee
Taaron kee mahfilen bhee aaj aankhen bichhaa ke rah ga.iin
Jhuum ke phir chaleen havaa.en vajd men aa.iin phir fazaa.en
Phir tiree yaad kee ghaTaa.en seenon pe chhaa ke rah ga.iin
Qalb o nigaah kee ye iid uf ye ma.aal-e-qurb-o-deed
Charkh kee gardishen tujhe mujh se chhupaa ke rah ga.iin
Phir hain vahee udaasiyaan phir vahee suunee kaa.enaat
Ahl-e-tarab kee mahfilen rang jamaa ke rah ga.iin
Kaun sukoon de sakaa gham-zadagaan-e-ishq ko
Bheegtee raaten bhee 'firaaq' aag lagaa ke rah ga.iin