yahi din mein Dhalegi raat 'akhtar' — Akhtar Hoshiyarpuri

log nazron ko bhi paDh lete hain
apni aankhon ko jhukaae rakhnaa

— Akhtar Hoshiyarpuri

chaman ke rang-o-bu ne is qadar dhokaa diyaa mujh ko
ki main ne shauq-e-gul-bosi mein kaanTon par zabaan rakh di

— Akhtar Hoshiyarpuri

Takraa ke sar ko apnaa lahu aap chaaTte
achchhaa huaa ki dasht mein divaar-o-dar na the

— Akhtar Hoshiyarpuri

baarhaa ThiThkaa huun khud bhi apnaa saaya dekh kar
log bhi katraae kyaa kyaa mujh ko tanhaa dekh kar

— Akhtar Hoshiyarpuri

kuchh mujhe bhi yahaan qaraar nahin
kuchh tiraa gham bhi dar-ba-dar hai yahaan

— Akhtar Hoshiyarpuri

main apni zaat ki tashrih kartaa phirtaa thaa
na jaane phir kahaan aavaaz kho gai meri

— Akhtar Hoshiyarpuri

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

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

— Aziz Nabeel

shikva-e-zulmat-e-shab se to kahin behtar thaa
apne hisse ki koi shama jalaate jaate

— Ahmad Faraz

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

— Parveen Shakir