It is said that Faiz Ahmed Faiz wrote this iconic ghazal in 1953, while admitted to Jinnah Hospital, Karachi. Even amidst illness and the trials of the Rawalpindi Conspiracy Case era, Faiz’s pen produced verses of haunting beauty.

This video narrates the ghazal that speaks of the "night of separation"—how it arrived with crushing weight, yet how the human heart found the strength to console itself once more.