Jhijhak...

Bas ik jhijak hai yahii haal-e-dil sunaane mein
Ki teraa zihr bhii aayegaa is fasaane mein

Baras padii thi jo rukh se naqaab uthaane mein
Vo chaandanii hai abhitak mere gariib-khaane mein

Isii mein ishq kii qismat badal bhii sakatii thi
Jo vaqt biit gayaa mujh ko aazamaane mein

Yeh kah ke tuut padaa shaakhh-e-gul se aakhirii phuul
Ab aur der hai kitanii bahaar aane mein

- Kaifi Azmi

Was listening to some of his songs last night... and going through a book I have on him… the beauty of the language…the way the words roll off your tongue…the careful yet easy way the poem is structured…the looking for meanings of difficult words…and yet just instinctively knowing what some words mean…a beautiful evening lost in poetry…and song…and singing…