membari se aap par to vaarnish ho jaaegi — Akbar Allahabadi

leaderi chaaho to lafz-e-qaum hai mehmaan-navaaz
gap-navison ko aur ahl-e-mez ko raazi karo

— Akbar Allahabadi

dukhtar-e-raz ne uThaa rakkhi hai aafat sar par
khairiyat guzri ki angur ke beTaa na huaa

— Akbar Allahabadi

log kahte hain badaltaa hai zamaana sab ko
mard vo hain jo zamaane ko badal dete hain

— Akbar Allahabadi

shaikh apni rag ko kyaa karein reshe ko kyaa karein
mazhab ke jhagDe chhoDein to peshe ko kyaa karein

— Akbar Allahabadi

jis taraf uTh gai hain aahein hain
chashm-e-bad-dur kyaa nigaahein hain

— Akbar Allahabadi

ham aisi kul kitaabein qaabil-e-zabti samajhte hain
ki jin ko paDh ke laDke baap ko khabti samajhte hain

— Akbar Allahabadi

jism-e-aazaadi mein phunki tu ne majburi ki ruuh
khair jo chaahaa kiyaa ab ye bataa ham kyaa karein

— Fani Badayuni

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

— Mushafi Ghulam Hamdani

royaa thaa kaun kaun mujhe kuchh khabar nahin
main us ghaDi vatan se kai miil duur thaa

— Muneer Niyazi

kin manzilon luTe hain mohabbat ke qaafile
insaan zamin pe aaj gharib-ul-vatan saa hai

— Ada Jafarey

hai ajab nizaam zakaat kaa mire mulk mein mire des mein
ise kaaTtaa koi aur hai ise baanTtaa koi aur hai

— Zia

ik khun-chakaan kafan mein karoDon banaao hain
paDti hai aankh tere shahidon pe huur ki

— Mirza Ghalib