bahtaa aansu ek jhalak mein kitne ruup dikhaaegaa — Ahmad Mushtaq

khair badnaam to pahle bhi bahut the lekin
tujh se milnaa thaa ki par lag gae rusvaai ko

— Ahmad Mushtaq

dukh ke safar pe dil ko ravaana to kar diyaa
ab saari umr haath hilaate raheinge ham

— Ahmad Mushtaq

koi tasvir mukammal nahin hone paati
dhuup dete hain to saayaa nahin rahne dete

— Ahmad Mushtaq

mohabbat mar gai 'mushtaaq' lekin tum na maanoge
main ye afvaah bhi tum ko sunaa kar dekh letaa huun

— Ahmad Mushtaq

tire aane kaa din hai tere raste mein bichhaane ko
chamakti dhuup mein saae ikaTThe kar rahaa huun main

— Ahmad Mushtaq

khoyaa hai kuchh zarur jo us ki talaash mein
har chiiz ko idhar se udhar kar rahe hain ham

— Ahmad Mushtaq

gham hai na ab khushi hai na ummid hai na yaas
sab se najaat paae zamaane guzar gae

— Khumar Barabankavi

ye aansu ponchh lijiye aur muskuraaiye
chaara nahin hai koi bhi rukhsat kiye baghair

— Nasim Zahid

jab ki pahlu se yaar uThtaa hai
dard be-ikhtiyaar uThtaa hai

— Mir Taqi Mir

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

— Hanif Fauq

husn jalva dikhaa gayaa apnaa
ishq baiThaa rahaa udaas kahin

— Saifuddin Saif

ham haal to kah sakte hain apnaa pa kahein kyaa
jab vo idhar aate hain to tanhaa nahin aate

— Nazeer Akbar Abadi