parvaanon kaa to hashr jo honaa thaa ho chukaa — Shad Azimabadi

jab kisi ne haal puchaa ro diyaa
chashm-e-tar tu ne to mujh ko kho diyaa

— Shad Azimabadi

iid mein iid hui aish kaa saamaan dekhaa
dekh kar chaand jo munh aap kaa ai jaan dekhaa

— Shad Azimabadi

naazuk thaa bahut kuchh dil meraa ai 'shaad' tahammul ho na sakaa
ik Thes lagi thi yuun hi si kiyaa jald ye shisha TuuT gayaa

— Shad Azimabadi

talab karein bhi to kyaa shai talab karein ai 'shaad'
hamein to aap nahin apnaa muddaaa maalum

— Shad Azimabadi

dekhaa kiye vo mast nigaahon se baar baar
jab tak sharaab aai kai daur ho gae

— Shad Azimabadi

izhaar-e-muddaaa kaa iraada thaa aaj kuchh
tevar tumhaare dekh ke khaamosh ho gayaa

— Shad Azimabadi

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

shab ko aa kar vo phir gayaa haihaat
kyaa isi raat ham ko sonaa thaa

— Nazeer Akbar Abadi

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

— Mirza Ghalib

ghubaar-e-shahr mein use na DhunD jo khizaan ki shab
havaa ki raah se milaa, havaa ki raah par gayaa

— Ali Akbar Natiq