suraj lihaaf oDh ke soyaa tamaam raat — Athar Nasik

kitne maani rakhtaa hai zaraa ghaur to kar
kuza-gar ke haath mein honaa miTTi kaa

— Athar Nasik

na-jaane kaun si majburiyaan hain jin ke liye
khud apni zaat se inkaar karnaa paDtaa hai

— Athar Nasik

yaqin barson kaa imkaan kuchh dinon kaa huun
main tere shahr mein mehmaan kuchh dinon kaa huun

— Athar Nasik

main use subh na jaanun jo tire sang nahin
main use shaam na maanun ki jo tere bin hai

— Athar Nasik

main puchh letaa huun yaaron se rat-jagon kaa sabab
magar vo mujh se mire khvaab puchh lete hain

— Athar Nasik

banaanaa paDtaa hai apne badan ko chhat apni
aur apne saae ko divaar karnaa paDtaa hai

— Athar Nasik

jhaankte raat ke garebaan se
ham ne sau aaftaab dekhe hain

— Salman Akhtar

raushni ho rahi hai kuchh mahsus
kyaa shab aakhir tamaam ko pahunchi

— Aslam Farrukhi

shor din ko nahin sone detaa
shab ko sannaaTaa jagaa detaa hai

— Saifuddin Saif

ghubaar-e-shahr mein use na DhunD jo khizaan ki shab
havaa ki raah se milaa, havaa ki raah par gayaa

— Ali Akbar Natiq

shab-e-vaada fasil-e-hijr se aage chamaktaa hai tiraa ism-e-sitaara-ju
ki jaise koi paivand-e-ridaa-e-subh aa jaae kisi qindil ki zad mein

— Zahid Masood

ye sar-ba-mohr botalein hain jo sharaab ki
raatein hain un mein band hamaari shabaab ki

— Riyaz Khairabadi