ik raat chaandni mire bistar pe aai thi — Ahmad Mushtaq

khair badnaam to pahle bhi bahut the lekin
tujh se milnaa thaa ki par lag gae rusvaai ko

— Ahmad Mushtaq

dukh ke safar pe dil ko ravaana to kar diyaa
ab saari umr haath hilaate raheinge ham

— Ahmad Mushtaq

koi tasvir mukammal nahin hone paati
dhuup dete hain to saayaa nahin rahne dete

— Ahmad Mushtaq

mohabbat mar gai 'mushtaaq' lekin tum na maanoge
main ye afvaah bhi tum ko sunaa kar dekh letaa huun

— Ahmad Mushtaq

tire aane kaa din hai tere raste mein bichhaane ko
chamakti dhuup mein saae ikaTThe kar rahaa huun main

— Ahmad Mushtaq

khoyaa hai kuchh zarur jo us ki talaash mein
har chiiz ko idhar se udhar kar rahe hain ham

— Ahmad Mushtaq

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

charaagh ki thartharaati lau mein har os qatre mein har kiran mein
tumhaari aankhein kahaan nahin thiin tumhaaraa chehra kahaan nahin thaa

— Aziz Nabeel

ji DhunDtaa hai phir vahi fursat ki raat din
baiThe rahein tasavvur-e-jaanaan kiye hue

— Mirza Ghalib