jab bhi miltaa hai muskuraataa hai — Athar Nadir

aadmi kaa amal se rishta hai
kaam aataa nahin nasab kuchh bhi

— Athar Nadir

kis darja mire shahr ki dilkash hai fazaa bhi
maanus har ik chiiz hai miTTi bhi havaa bhi

— Athar Nadir

dekho to har ik rang se miltaa hai miraa rang
socho to har ik baat hai auron se judaa bhi

— Athar Nadir

raat aangan mein chaand utraa thaa
tum mile the ki khvaab dekhaa thaa

— Athar Nadir

gham-gusaari ke liye ab nahin aataa hai koi
zakhm bhar jaane kaa imkaan na huaa thaa so huaa

— Athar Nadir

jo dekhiye to zamaana hai tez-rau kitnaa
tulu-e-subh abhi hai to vaqt-e-shaam abhi

— Athar Nadir

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

itni siyaah-raat mein itni si raushni
ye chaand vo nahin miraa mahtaab aur hai

— Saud Usmani

rok do ye raushni ki tez dhaar
meri miTTi mein gundhi hai raat bhi

— Nomaan Shauque

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

— Parveen Shakir