jal uThein yaadon ki qindilein sadaaein Duub jaaein — Ahmad Shahryar

tujh se bhi kab hui tadbir miri vahshat ki
tu bhi muTThi mein kahaan bheinch sakaa paani ko

— Ahmad Shahryar

khvaab-e-ziyaan hain umr kaa khvaab hain haasil-e-hayaat
is kaa bhi thaa yaqin mujhe vo bhi mire gumaan mein thaa

— Ahmad Shahryar

samaai kis tarah meri aankhon ki putliyon mein
vo ek hairat jo aaine se bahut baDi thi

— Ahmad Shahryar

na dastakein na sadaa kaun dar pe aayaa hai
faqir-e-shahr hai yaa shahryaar dekhiyegaa

— Ahmad Shahryar

saalgirah par kitni nek tamannaaein mausul huiin
lekin in mein ek mubaarakbaad abhi tak baaqi hai

— Ahmad Shahryar

qatra Thiik hai dariyaa hone mein nuqsaan bahut hai
dekh to kaise Duub rahaa hai meraa lashkar mujh mein

— Ahmad Shahryar

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

— Khumar Barabankavi

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

— Mir Taqi Mir

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

— Nasim Zahid

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