shab-e-visal hai gul kar do in charaghhon ko khushi ki bazm men kya kaam jalne valon ka
the speaker asks for the lamps to be put out because the night of union needs no artificial light—intimacy prefers darkness. “burning ones” are the lovers who suffer in longing; their inner fire clashes with the mood of celebration. the couplet carries a sharp irony: joy makes the grief-stricken feel unnecessary and pushed aside.