Tere jalave ab mujhe har su nazar aane lage
kash ye bhi ho ke mujh mein tu nazar aane lage
ibtada ye thi ke dekhi thi khushi ke ek jhalak
intaha ye hai ke gham har su nazar aane lage
beqarari badhate badhate dil ke fitarat ban gai
shayad ab taskin ka pehlu nazar aane lage
khatm karade ae ‘saba’ ab sham-e-gam ke dastan
dekh un aankhon mein bhi aansu nazar aane lage
Poet of the Poem / Ghazal or Nazam : Saba Afghani
gulashan ke faqat phoolon se nahi kanton se bhi zinat hoti hai
jine ke liye is duniya mein gham ke bhi zarurat hoti hai
ae vaiz-e-nadan karta hai tu ek qayamat ka charcha
yahan roz nigahen milati hain yahan roz qayamat hoti hai
wo purasish-e-gam ko aaye hain kuch kah na sakun chup rah na sakun
kamosh rahun to mushkil hai kah dun to shikayat hoti hai
karana hi padega zabt-e-alam pine hi padenge yah aansu
fariyad-o-fugan se ae nadan tauhin-e-mohabbat hoti hai
jo aake ruke daman pe ‘saba’ wo ashq nahi hain pani hai
jo aansu na chalake aankhon se us ashq ke qimat hoti hai
Poet of the poem/ghazal or Nazam: Saba Afghani