dam ba khud hai chaandnii chup chaap hain ashjaar bhii
— Basheer Munzir
Dam-ba-khud hai chaandnee chup-chaap hain ashjaar bhee
Aaj kee shab tham ga.ee kyuun vaqt kee raftaar bhee
Ziist kee naav na jaane kis kinaare jaa lage
Malgajee see dhund hai is paar bhee us paar bhee
Dil kee baaten kahne vaale aur aahista zaraa
Gosh-bar-aavaaz hai koi pas-e-deevaar bhee
Aansuon kaa abr wo barsaa ki sab kuchh bah gaya
Hasraton ke shahr bhee zakhmon ke laala-zaar bhee