main aur us ghuncha-dahan ki aarzu — Abdul Hamid Adam

zindagi zor hai ravaani kaa
kyaa thamegaa bahaav paani kaa

— Abdul Hamid Adam

ijaazat ho to main tasdiq kar luun teri zulfon se
sunaa hai zindagi ik khub-surat daam hai saaqi

— Abdul Hamid Adam

savaal kar ke main khud hi bahut pashemaan huun
javaab de ke mujhe aur sharmsaar na kar

— Abdul Hamid Adam

marne vaale to khair hain bebas
jiine vaale kamaal karte hain

— Abdul Hamid Adam

mai-kada hai yahaan sukun se baiTh
koi aafat idhar nahin aati

— Abdul Hamid Adam

saaqi mujhe sharaab ki tohmat nahin pasand
mujh ko tiri nigaah kaa ilzaam chaahiye

— Abdul Hamid Adam

miri tamannaa hai ab ke tum phir milo to ji bhar ke muskuraaein
ki dekhnaa hai ye raushni kaa safar bahut der baa'd jaa kar

— Jafar Shirazi

main ne apni palkon par gham-kade sajaae hain
aarzu ke maatam mein sogvaar hasti hai

— Hanif Fauq

us shaan-e-aajizi ke fidaa jis ne 'aarzu'
har naaz har ghurur ke qaabil banaa diyaa

— Arzoo Lakhnavi

hai kahaan tamannaa kaa dusraa qadam yaa-rab
ham ne dasht-e-imkaan ko ek naqsh-e-paa paayaa

— Mirza Ghalib

hijr mein shiddat dikhaate hain sabhi 'aashiq magar
lutf tab hai vasl ho par aarzu baaqi rahe

— Euphonic Amit

sab ummidein mire aashob-e-tamannaa tak thiin
bastiyaan ho gaiin gharqaab to dariyaa utraa

— Hasan Abidi