Uss sey ulfet key dawey ko sanam banaya tha hum ney raat bher
Kiya thee khaber, wohh ajnabi zaat thee bey khaber raat bher
Dil ka asman shafaf tha, iss mey jhilmil khaloos key sitarey they raat bher
Maloom nahee kahan ka tha wohh chaand, aur kahan paree iss kee chandni raat bher
Nawa deiteye tow kiya baeed, wohh na mil paya jeb raat bher
Sotch ka samender hey aur wohh lagao kee tarp sey dua kerta hey raat bher
Bey ja apni kahee baat ko jultlaya kiya, rootha setch-shebd sey wohh raat bher
Achanek jeb tota ashiyan, iss perr karee gharee thee seb raat bher
Uss roz, adavet mey nishani milee teiree unjaan hasti kee raat bher
Bohet afsos key tu pa ker kho beitha khood ko iss raat bher
Dilasoon kee bazm mey munfarid laga teira rookha pun raat bher
Malal nahee baad key sal ha sal ka, leikin aik gheiree kask pae raat bher
note: Raat bher is the symbolic temporal passage of the sequence of events
the poem’s kafiya is inpired by AQ’s poem he wrote sometime ago and shared at GS when Amal was still around. thanks,
Dushwari