ek hi phuul thaa bas gul-kada-e-husn mein tu — Abdul Hai Aarfi

ab mire vaaste har mauj hai aaghosh-e-sukun
bahr-e-gham mein jo nahin hai koi saahil na sahi

— Abdul Hai Aarfi

bahut badlaa mazaaq-e-dil khayaal-e-yaar ne lekin
jo shaayaan-e-mazaaq-e-yaar thaa aisaa kahaan badlaa

— Abdul Hai Aarfi

aai khizaan ki yaad to dil sard ho gayaa
kuchh der bhi to lutf na aayaa bahaar kaa

— Abdul Hai Aarfi

mohabbat khud mohabbat kaa sila hai 'aarfi' lekin
koi aasaan hai kyaa be-niyaaz-e-muddaaa honaa

— Abdul Hai Aarfi

dil ko tapish-e-shauq ki ye lazzat-e-paiham
mil to gai lekin baDi mushkil se mili hai

— Abdul Hai Aarfi

hai 'aarfi' ab ye asar-e-tark-e-tamannaa
aane lage vo aur bhi kuchh had se sivaa yaad

— Abdul Hai Aarfi

shaahraahein dafatan shoale ugalne lag gaiin
ghar ki jaanib chal paDaa hai shahr gheraa kar tamaam

— Aabid Adeeb

main tujh se saath bhi to umar bhar kaa chaahtaa thaa
so ab tujh se gilaa bhi umar bhar kaa ho gayaa hai

— Irfan Sattar

qaatil tiri gali bhi badaun se kam nahin
jis ke qadam qadam pe mazaar-e-shahid hai

— Mushafi Ghulam Hamdani

kuchh phulon ki khaatir bhi kuchh phulon kaa
sab se achchhaa rang churaanaa paDtaa hai

— Nadeem Bhabha

sabza o gul kahaan se aae hain
abr kyaa chiiz hai havaa kyaa hai

— Mirza Ghalib

gulaabon ke honTon pe lab rakh rahaa huun
use der tak sochnaa chaahtaa huun

— Zubair Rizvi