band rakkhoge dariche dil ke yaaro kab talak — Akhtar Saeed Khan

band rakkhoge dariche dil ke yaaro kab talak
koi dastak de rahaa hai uTh ke dekho to sahi

Urdu

بند رکھوگے دریچے دل کے یارو کب تلک
کوئی دستک دے رہا ہے اٹھ کے دیکھو تو سہی

Hindi

बंद रक्खोगे दरीचे दिल के यारो कब तलक
कोई दस्तक दे रहा है उठ के देखो तो सही

kis ko fursat thi ki 'akhtar' dekhtaa meri taraf
main jahaan jis bazm mein jab tak rahaa tanhaa rahaa

— Akhtar Saeed Khan

charaagh le ke use DhunDne chalaa huun main
jo aaftaab ki maanind ik ujaalaa hai

— Akhtar Saeed Khan

kaun jiine ke liye martaa rahe
lo sambhaalo apni duniyaa ham chale

— Akhtar Saeed Khan

bahut qarib rahi hai ye zindagi ham se
bahut aziiz sahi e'tibaar kuchh bhi nahin

— Akhtar Saeed Khan

kisi ke tum ho kisi kaa khudaa hai duniyaa mein
mire nasib mein tum bhi nahin khudaa bhi nahin

— Akhtar Saeed Khan

tu kahaani hi ke parde mein bhali lagti hai
zindagi teri haqiqat nahin dekhi jaati

— Akhtar Saeed Khan

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

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

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

— Ahmad Faraz