Sahir Lakhnavi

An exceptional poet, songwriter, lyricist.

He has written the lyrics of classics such as "yeh duniya agar mar bhi jaye toh kya hai", ,"main zindagi ka saath", "abhi na jao chodd ke", "tadbeer se bigdi hui " and many more. This wiki page is a good doc on his life and work : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sahir_Ludhianvi

This post is to highlight some of his lines:

प्यार पर बस तो नहीं है मेरा लेकिन फिर भी
तू बता दे के तुझे प्यार करूं या ना करूं - in the movie Sone ki Chidiya.

chalo ik baar phir se ajnabii ban jaayeiN ham donoN!
na maiN tum se koii ummeed rakhouN dil-navaazii kii
na tum meri taraf dekho Ghalat-andaaz nazroN se
na mere dil kii dhaRkan laRkhaRaaye merii baatoN meiN
na zaahir ho tumhaari kash-ma-kash kaa raaz nazroN se

maiN ne jo geet tire pyaar ki Khaatir likkhe
aaj un geetoN ko baazaar meiN le aayaa houN - from the poem fankaar

More of hs works can be read at : http://www.sahirludhianvi.com/blog/