40 RISING FROM DUSK IS THE EVENING STAR

40  RISING FROM DUSK IS THE EVENING STAR

Rising from dusk is the evening star
The painful night is not very far

The night does always bring dismay
O stop this sequence of night and day

And helps it not a lover’s plight
So stop the moon from shining at night

And the breeze that heralds the coming of morn
Tell it not to bother a man lovelorn

                    URDU POEM
                        GHAZAL

Shafaq ki raakh say jal bujh gaya sitaara e shaam
Shab e firaaq kay gaisoo fiza maen lehraay

Koie pukaaro keh ik umr honay aaie hay
Falak ko qaafla e roaz o shaam thheraay

Yeh zid hay yaad e hareefaan e baadapaima ki
Keh shab ko chaand na niklay na din ko ubr aa'ay

Saba nay phir dar e zindaan pay aa kay di dastak
Saher qareeb hay, dil say kaho na ghabraay