bhaTakti hai havas din-raat sone ki dukaanon par — Munawwar Rana

kisi ke zakhm par chaahat se paTTi kaun baandhegaa
agar bahnein nahin hongi to raakhi kaun baandhegaa

— Munawwar Rana

kuchh nahin hogaa to aanchal mein chhupaa legi mujhe
maan kabhi sar pe khuli chhat nahin rahne degi

— Munawwar Rana

ab aap ki marzi hai sambhaalein na sambhaalein
khushbu ki tarah aap ke rumaal mein ham hain

— Munawwar Rana

kuchh bikhri hui yaadon ke qisse bhi bahut the
kuchh us ne bhi baalon ko khulaa chhoD diyaa thaa

— Munawwar Rana

jab bhi kashti miri sailaab mein aa jaati hai
maan duaa karti hui khvaab mein aa jaati hai

— Munawwar Rana

miTTi kaa badan kar diyaa miTTi ke havaale
miTTi ko kahin taaj-mahal mein nahin rakkhaa

— Munawwar Rana

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

naqd-e-dil-e-khaalis kuun miri qalb tuun mat jaan
hai tujh kuun agar shubh to kas dekh tapaa dekh

— Siraj Aurangabadi

baat vo aadhi raat ki raat vo puure chaand ki
chaand bhi ain chait kaa us pe tiraa jamaal bhi

— Parveen Shakir

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

— Ali Akbar Natiq