aah ab khuddaari-e-akbar kahaan — Akbar Haideri Kashmiri

har nafas minnat-kash-e-aalaam hai
zindagi shaayad isi kaa naam hai

— Akbar Haideri Kashmiri

sabr karti hi rahi be-chaargi
zulm hotaa hi rahaa mazlum par

— Akbar Haideri Kashmiri

ai ajal kuchh zindagi kaa haq bhi hai
zindagi teri amaanat hi sahi

— Akbar Haideri Kashmiri

jabr sahtaa huun magar kab tak sahun insaan huun
sabr kartaa huun magar dil sabr ke qaabil nahin

— Akbar Haideri Kashmiri

didani hai ab shikast-e-zabt ki be-chaargi
muskuraataa huun magar dil dard se labrez hai

— Akbar Haideri Kashmiri

zindagi hai chashm-e-ibrat mein abhi
kuchh nahin to aish-o-ishrat hi sahi

— Akbar Haideri Kashmiri

miri tamannaa hai ab ke tum phir milo to ji bhar ke muskuraaein
ki dekhnaa hai ye raushni kaa safar bahut der baa'd jaa kar

— Jafar Shirazi

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

— Hanif Fauq

us shaan-e-aajizi ke fidaa jis ne 'aarzu'
har naaz har ghurur ke qaabil banaa diyaa

— Arzoo Lakhnavi

chal su-e-gor-e-garibaan ai haris-e-maal-o-zar
dekh kitni aarzuein nazr-e-madfan ho gaiin

— Auj Lakhnavi

bin maange mil rahaa ho to khvaahish fuzul hai
suraj se raushni ki guzaarish fuzul hai

— Shahid Zaki

hijr mein shiddat dikhaate hain sabhi 'aashiq magar
lutf tab hai vasl ho par aarzu baaqi rahe

— Euphonic Amit