raat aa jaae to phir tujh ko pukaarun yaa-rab — Javed Nasir

aahaT bhi agar ki to tah-e-zaat nahin ki
lafzon ne kai din se koi baat nahin ki

khulti hain aasmaan mein samundar ki khiDkiyaan
be-din raaston pe kahin apnaa ghar to hai

bahut udaas thaa us din magar huaa kyaa thaa
har ek baat bhali thi to phir buraa kyaa thaa

dasht ki dhuup hai jangal ki ghani raatein hain
is kahaani mein bahr haal kai baatein hain

dosto tum se guzaarish hai yahaan mat aao
is baDe shahr mein tanhaai bhi mar jaati hai

khudaa aabaad rakkhe zindagi ko
hamaari khaamushi ko sah gai hai

bil-aakhir thak haar ke yaaro ham ne bhi taslim kiyaa
apni zaat se ishq hai sachchaa baaqi sab afsaane hain

jab ki pahlu se yaar uThtaa hai
dard be-ikhtiyaar uThtaa hai

kaabe ko jaataa kis liye hindostaan se main
kis but mein shahr-e-hind ke shaan-e-khudaa na thi

khudaa ke haath mein mat saunp saare kaamon ko
badalte vaqt pe kuchh apnaa ikhtiyaar bhi rakh

yaad aai hai to phir TuuT ke yaad aai hai
koi guzri hui manzil koi bhuli hui dost

baat karnaa pyaar ki aasaan se aasaan hai
ishq karnaa karte rahnaa hai kaThin se bhi kaThin