Agha Shahid Ali sang of longing, in verses woven with loss and light,
A Kashmiri soul in exile, dreaming of home through the hush of night.

This poem is about missing someone deeply and feeling the pain of being apart. Agha Shahid Ali writes about love, loss, and longing, using the word "tonight" at the end of each couplet to show how strong these feelings are in the moment. Each part of the poem expresses a different emotion, but they all connect through this shared sense of sadness and yearning.

At the end, he even mentions his own name, which is a traditional part of the ghazal style. The poem mixes old poetic traditions with personal, modern feelings.