nigaah e naaz ne parde uthaae hain kya kya
— Firaq Gorakhpuri
Nigaah-e-naaz ne parde uThaa.e hain kya kya
Hijaab ahl-e-mohabbat ko aa.e hain kya kya
Jahaan men thee bas ik afvaah tere jalvon kee
Charaagh-e-dair-o-haram jhilmilaa.e hain kya kya
Do-chaar barq-e-tajallee se rehne vaalon ne
Fareb narm-nigaahee ke khaa.e hain kya kya
Dilon pe karte hue aaj aatee jaatee choT
Tiree nigaah ne pahloo bachaa.e hain kya kya
Nisaar nargis-e-mai-goon ki aaj paimaane
Labon tak aa.e hue thartharaa.e hain kya kya
Wo ik zaraa see jhalak barq-e-kam-nigaahee kee
Jigar ke zakhm-e-nihaan muskuraa.e hain kya kya
Charaagh-e-toor jale aa.ina-dar-aa.eena
Hijaab barq-e-adaa ne uThaa.e hain kya kya
Ba-qadr-e-zauq-e-nazar deed-e-husn kya ho magar
Nigaah-e-shauq men jalve samaa.e hain kya kya
Kaheen charaagh kaheen gul kaheen dil-e-barbaad
Khiraam-e-naaz ne fitne uThaa.e hain kya kya
Taghaaful aur baDhaa us ghazaal-e-ra.anaa kaa
Fusoon-e-gham ne bhee jaadoo jagaa.e hain kya kya
Hazaar fitna-e-bedaar khvaab-e-rangeen men
Chaman men ghuncha-e-gul-rang laa.e hain kya kya
Tire khuloos-e-nihaan kaa to aah kya kahnaa
Sulook uchaTTe bhee dil men samaa.e hain kya kya
Nazar bachaa ke tire ishva-haa-e-pinhaan ne
Dilon men dard-e-mohabbat uThaa.e hain kya kya
Payaam-e-husn payaam-e-junoon payaam-e-fanaa
Tiree nigah ne fasaane sunaa.e hain kya kya
Tamaam husn ke jalve tamaam mahroomee
Bharam nigaah ne apne ganvaa.e hain kya kya
'firaaq' raah-e-wafa men subuk-ravee teree
BaDe-baDon ke qadam Dagmagaa.e hain kya kya