le shab-e-vasl-e-ghair bhi kaaTi — Momin Khan Momin

raaz-e-nihaan zabaan-e-aghyaar tak na pahunchaa
kyaa ek bhi hamaaraa khat yaar tak na pahunchaa

— Momin Khan Momin

vo jo ham mein tum mein qaraar thaa tumhein yaad ho ki na yaad ho
vahi yaani vaada nibaah kaa tumhein yaad ho ki na yaad ho

— Momin Khan Momin

shab jo masjid mein jaa phanse 'momin'
raat kaaTi khudaa khudaa kar ke

— Momin Khan Momin

na maanungaa nasihat par na suntaa main to kyaa kartaa
ki har har baat mein naaseh tumhaaraa naam letaa thaa

— Momin Khan Momin

kyaa jaane kyaa likhaa thaa use iztiraab mein
qaasid ki laash aai hai khat ke javaab mein

— Momin Khan Momin

tu kahaan jaaegi kuchh apnaa Thikaana kar le
ham to kal khvaab-e-adam mein shab-e-hijraan honge

— Momin Khan Momin

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

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

— Ahmad Faraz

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

— Mirza Ghalib

naqd-e-dil-e-khaalis kuun miri qalb tuun mat jaan
hai tujh kuun agar shubh to kas dekh tapaa dekh

— Siraj Aurangabadi