Woh Raat Be Panah Thi !
Just Love This One!
Assalam o alaykum w.w!
This piece of poetry is written by Obaid Ullah Aleem (Late) in 1983. Well, about this ghazal I simply like the respect and love for the person about whom he had written it back in early 80’s. And The person he’s talking about was more than that. He was my Father, spiritual father .
Hope you’d be loving it too!
For ease of some, I’m writing it in Roman Urdu as well 
Woh raat bepanaah thi aur may ghareeb tha
Woh jis nay yah chiraagh jalayaa ajeeb tha
Woh roshni kah aankh uthayi nahiin gayii
Kal mujh say mera chand bohat hii qareeb tha
Dekhaa mujhay tu taba’aa rawa’n ho gayii meri
Woh muskuraa diyaa tu may shayir adeeb tha
Rakhta na kiyun may rooh o badan uskay saamnay
Woh yun bhi tha tabeeb woh yun bhi tabeeb tha
Har silsila tha uska khudaa say milla hua
Chup ho kay lab khusha ho balaa ka khateeb tha
May bhi rahaa hoon khalwat e jaana’n may aik shaam
Yah khawaab hay yaa waqayi may khush naseeb tha
Harf e dua wa dast e skhawat kay baab main
Khud mera tajurba hay woh nehad najeeb tha
Likho tamaam umar magar phir bhi tum Aleem
Usko dikha na pao woh aisaa habeeb tha
Wassalam n Allah Hafiz
September 15th, 2004 3:07 am in
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