आहट सी कोई आये तो लगता है कि तुम हो:जाँनिसार अख्तर

आहट सी कोई आये तो लगता है कि तुम हो,

हवा जो लहरायी तो लगता है कि तुम हो,

अँधेरे रास्तों पर चलते है हमेशा,

चांदनी जो संग आती है तो लगता है कि तुम हो,

आसमाँ से बिजलीकी किरण आई जमीन पर,

आँगन में हुई रोशनी तो लगता है कि तुम हो,

फूलोंकी  वादियों में तुझे तलाश करते है,

खुशबू कहीं से आती है तो लगता है कि तुम हो,

तुझसे दूर जाने का एहसास होता है,

धड़कनें सुन लेता हूँ तो लगता है कि तुम हो,

सुबह होते ही तेरा ख्याल आता है,

पहली किरण पलकों को छूती है तो लगता है कि तुम हो.

   

Aahat si koi aaye to lagta hai kit um ho...                                     Saya koi lahraye to lagta hai tum ho.

Raste ke dhundlake main kissi mod pe, kuch dur…                           Ek lau si chamak jaaye, to lagta hai ki tum ho

Sandal se mehakti hui purkaif hawa ka                              Jhonka koi takrai, to lagta hai ki tum ho.

Oode hue taron ki chamakti hui chadar                              Nadi koi bal khaye, to lagta hai ki tum ho.

Jab raat gaye koi kiran mere barabar                            Chupchaap se so jaye, to lagta hai ki tum ho.

Jan Nisar Akhtar (Urdu: جان نثار اختر; February 14, 1914 – August 19, 1976) was an important 20th century Indian poet of Urdu ghazals and nazms, and a part of the Progressive Writers' Movement, who was also a lyricist for Bollywood.

In a career spanning four decade during which he worked with music composers including C. Ramchandra, O.P. Nayyar, N Dutta and Khayyam, he wrote 151 songs. Notable among them were songs from his breakthrough film, AR Kardar’s Yasmin (1955), Aankhon hi Aankhon Mein in Guru Dutt'sC.I.D. (1956), Yeh dil aur unki nigahon ke saaye in Prem Parbat (1974) and Aaja re in Noorie (1979) and his last song, Ae Dil-e-naadaan, in Kamal Amrohi’s Razia Sultan (1983).

His poetry works include Nazr-e-Butaan, Salaasil, Javidaan, Pichali Pehar, Ghar Angan and Khaak-e-dil. The latter ("The Ashes of Heart") was a poetry collection for which he was awarded the 1976 Sahitya Akademi Award in Urdu by Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters.