Born in Gorakhpur, India, Raghupati Sahai Firaq (1896-1982) wrote under the alias Firaq Gorakpuri. He spent many years in political and patriotic work in the Indian National Congress and as a result spent one year in prison. Eventually he settled into a long career as professor of English literature at Allahabad University and also became a major contemporary poet of Urdu ghazals.

Shaam -e- gham kuch us nigahai naaz ki batain karo
Bekhudi badti chali hai raaz ki batain karo

Ye sukutai naaz ye dil ki ragoan ka tootna
Khamoshi main kuch shikastai saaz ki batain karo

Nikhatai zulfain parishan dastanai shaam - e - gham
Subha honai tak isee andaaz ki batain karo

Kuchh kafas ki teelion sai chhan raha hai noor sa
Kuchh faza kuch hasaratain parwaaz ki batain karo

I am restlessness this evening. Come and talk with me about matters of the heart. Even conversation about my love is intoxicating for me.
These are the things I want to talk about this evening.

The silence around me is so overpowering that I can hear the sound of my heart breaking gradually.
These are the things I want to talk about this evening.

I want to talk all night about the agony of separation from my lover until the break of dawn.
These are the things I want to talk about this evening.

Moonlight escapes from behind a cloud, like my unfulfilled desires escape from my heart.
These are the things I want to talk about this evening.