na puchh sher hai kyaa chiiz mujh se ai hamdam — Izhaar Malihabadi

hazaar jaam chhalakte hue nafas-ba-nafas
hazaar baagh mahakte hue qadam-ba-qadam

— Izhaar Malihabadi

jahaan hai sher charaagh-e-junun jalaae hue
vahaan khaDi hai khirad apnaa sar jhukaae hue

— Izhaar Malihabadi

harim-e-dil mein jab aataa hai naaz farmaataa
tarab ke phuul khilaataa hai ye musavvir-e-gham

— Izhaar Malihabadi

khumaar-e-dida-e-anjum sharaab-e-lail-o-nahaar
hikaayat-e-na-shunida nigaar-e-naa-mahram

— Izhaar Malihabadi

khurush-e-sarsar-o-tufaan jamud-e-dasht-o-saraab
surud-e-fasl-e-bahaaraan khiraam-e-gardish-e-yam

— Izhaar Malihabadi

subu-e-falsafa-e-ishq-o-kahkashaan-e-hayaat
shuaa-e-qahr-e-tabassum charaagh-e-dida-e-nam

— Izhaar Malihabadi

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

us ko aanaa thaa ki vo mujh ko bulaataa thaa kahin
raat bhar baarish thi us kaa raat bhar paighaam thaa

— Zafar Iqbal

ab bhi barsaat ki raaton mein badan TuTtaa hai
jaag uThti hain ajab khvaahishein angDaai ki

— Parveen Shakir

shab ko aa kar vo phir gayaa haihaat
kyaa isi raat ham ko sonaa thaa

— Nazeer Akbar Abadi