hazaar manzil-e-gham se guzar chuke lekin — Ajmal Ajmali

kitni tavil kyuun na ho baatil ki zindagi
har raat kaa hai subh muqaddar na bhulnaa

— Ajmal Ajmali

maan ne likhaa hai khat mein jahaan jaao khush raho
mujh ko bhale na yaad karo ghar na bhulnaa

— Ajmal Ajmali

jab bhi miltaa huun vahi chehra liye
bad-duaa detaa hai aaina mujhe

— Ajmal Ajmali

taar-e-nazar bhi gham ki tamaazat se khushk hai
vo pyaas hai mile to samundar sameT luun

— Ajmal Ajmali

aarzu thi khinchte ham bhi koi aks-e-hayaat
kyaa karein ab ke lahu aankhon se Tapkaa hi nahin

— Ajmal Ajmali

vaqt-e-safar qarib hai bistar sameT luun
bikhraa huaa hayaat kaa daftar sameT luun

— Ajmal Ajmali

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

— Mir Taqi Mir

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

husn jalva dikhaa gayaa apnaa
ishq baiThaa rahaa udaas kahin

— Saifuddin Saif

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

— Hanif Fauq

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

— Nazeer Akbar Abadi