lo ham bataaein ghuncha-o-gul mein hai farq kyaa — Agha Shayar Qazalbash

pahle is mein ik adaa thi naaz thaa andaaz thaa
ruThnaa ab to tiri aadat mein shaamil ho gayaa

— Agha Shayar Qazalbash

milnaa na milnaa ye to muqaddar ki baat hai
tum khush raho raho mire pyaare jahaan kahin

— Agha Shayar Qazalbash

haalat pe meri un ke bhi aansu nikal paDe
dekhaa gayaa na yaas mein aalam nigaah kaa

— Agha Shayar Qazalbash

is liye kahte the dekhaa munh lagaane kaa maza
aaina ab aap kaa madd-e-muqaabil ho gayaa

— Agha Shayar Qazalbash

baDe sidhe-saadhe baDe bhole-bhaale
koi dekhe is vaqt chehraa tumhaaraa

— Agha Shayar Qazalbash

abru na sanvaaraa karo kaT jaaegi ungli
naadaan ho talvaar se khelaa nahin karte

— Agha Shayar Qazalbash

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

— Aabid Adeeb

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

— Mushafi Ghulam Hamdani

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

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

gul kiyaa jis ne vo thaa aur magar
shama ne shikva havaaon se kiyaa

— Tilok Chand Kausar