raat din phir rahaa huun galiyon mein — Akbar Hameedi

kahin to harf-e-aakhir huun main 'akbar'
kisi kaa nuqta-e-aaghaaz huun main

— Akbar Hameedi

go raahzan kaa vaar bhi kuchh kam na thaa magar
jo vaar kaargar huaa vo rahnumaa kaa thaa

— Akbar Hameedi

kitnaa maan gumaan hai dene vaale ko
dard diyaa hai aur mudaavaa rok liyaa

— Akbar Hameedi

hu-ba-hu aap hi ki murat hai
zindagi kitni khub-surat hai

— Akbar Hameedi

jal kar giraa huun sukhe shajar se uDaa nahin
main ne vahi kiyaa jo taqaazaa vafaa kaa thaa

— Akbar Hameedi

libaas mein hai vo tarz-e-tapaak-e-aaraaish
jo ang chaahe chhupaanaa jhalak jhalak jaae

— Akbar Hameedi

jhaankte raat ke garebaan se
ham ne sau aaftaab dekhe hain

— Salman Akhtar

shor din ko nahin sone detaa
shab ko sannaaTaa jagaa detaa hai

— Saifuddin Saif

raushni ho rahi hai kuchh mahsus
kyaa shab aakhir tamaam ko pahunchi

— Aslam Farrukhi

huaa hai shah kaa musaahib phire hai itraataa
vagarna shahr mein 'ghaalib' ki aabru kyaa hai

— Mirza Ghalib

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

— Parveen Shakir

kahun ai zauq kyaa haal-e-shab-e-hijr
ki thi ik ik ghaDi sau sau mahine

— Anwar Masood