ye jo raaton ko mujhe khvaab nahin aate 'ataa' — Ahmad Ata

ye jo raaton ko mujhe khvaab nahin aate 'ataa'
is kaa matlab hai miraa yaar khafaa hai mujh se

Urdu

یہ جو راتوں کو مجھے خواب نہیں آتے عطاؔ
اس کا مطلب ہے مرا یار خفا ہے مجھ سے

Hindi

ये जो रातों को मुझे ख़्वाब नहीं आते 'अता'
इस का मतलब है मिरा यार ख़फ़ा है मुझ से

ab yahaan kaun nikaalegaa bhalaa duudh ki nahr
ishq kartaa hai tu jaisaa bhi hai achchhaa hai miyaan

— Ahmad Ata

naa-rasaai ne ajab taur sikhaae hain 'ataa'
yaani bhule bhi nahin tum ko pukaaraa bhi nahin

— Ahmad Ata

saDak pe baiTh gae dekhte hue duniyaa
aur aise tark hui ek khud-kushi ham se

— Ahmad Ata

vaisaa hi kharaab shakhs huun main
jaisaa koi chhoD kar gayaa thaa

— Ahmad Ata

main teri ruuh mein utraa huaa milungaa tujhe
aur is tarah ki tujhe kuchh khabar nahin honi

— Ahmad Ata

aaj dekhaa hai use aisi mohabbat se 'ataa'
vo yahi bhuul gayaa us ko kahin jaanaa thaa

— Ahmad Ata

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

— Ibn

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

— Rind Lakhnavi

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

— Mir Taqi Mir

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

— Ahmad Faraz

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

— Raghvendra Dwivedi

dekhe na mujhe kyunkar az-chashm-e-hiqaarat-u
vo sarv-e-javaan yaaro man-faakhta-e-piram

— Nazeer Akbar Abadi