as jaan gaya main teri pahchan yahi hai
tu dil mein to aata hai samajh mein nahin aata
Akbar Allahabadi
fareb-e-jalwa kahan tak ba-ru-e-kar rahe
naqab uThao ki kuchh din zara bahaar rahe
Akhtar Ali Akhtar
shaban-e-hijran daraaz chun zulf roz-e-waslat chu umr kotah
sakhi piya ko jo main na dekhun to kaise kaTun andheri ratiyan
Ameer Khusrau
ze-haal-e-miskin makun taghaful durae nainan banae batiyan
ki tab-e-hijran nadaram ai jaan na lehu kahe lagae chhatiyan
Ameer Khusrau
yar ko hum ne barmala dekha
aashkara kahin chhupa dekha
Bahram ji
tamasha-e-dair-o-haram dekhte hain
tujhe har bahane se hum dekhte hain
Dagh Dehlvi
tu hi zahir hai tu hi baatin hai
tu hi tu hai to main kahan tak hun
Ismail Merathi