chhoD ke maal-o-daulat saari duniyaa mein apni — Akbar Hyderabadi

charaagh-e-raahguzar laakh taabnaak sahi
jalaa ke apnaa diyaa raushni makaan mein laa

— Akbar Hyderabadi

raste hi mein ho jaati hain baatein bas do-chaar
ab to un ke ghar bhi jaanaa kam kam hotaa hai

— Akbar Hyderabadi

dil dabaa jaataa hai kitnaa aaj gham ke baar se
kaisi tanhaai Tapakti hai dar o divaar se

— Akbar Hyderabadi

rut badli to zamin ke chehre kaa ghaaza bhi badlaa
rang magar khud aasmaan ne badle kaise kaise

— Akbar Hyderabadi

pahunch ke jo sar-e-manzil bichhaD gayaa mujh se
vo ham-safar thaa magar ham-nazar na thaa meraa

— Akbar Hyderabadi

miri shikast bhi thi meri zaat se mansub
ki meri fikr kaa har faisla shuuri thaa

— Akbar Hyderabadi

shaahraahein dafatan shoale ugalne lag gaiin
ghar ki jaanib chal paDaa hai shahr gheraa kar tamaam

— Aabid Adeeb

ret par ik nishaan hai shaayad
ye hamaaraa makaan hai shaayad

— Muzaffar Abdali

zamaana mujh se judaa ho gayaa zamaana huaa
rahaa hai ab to bichhaDne ko mujh se tu baaqi

— Aabid Adeeb

vo na aaegaa hamein maalum thaa is shaam bhi
intizaar us kaa magar kuchh soch kar karte rahe

— Parveen Shakir

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

— Khumar Barabankavi

pyaaso raho na dasht mein baarish ke muntazir
maaro zamin pe paanv ki paani nikal paDe

— Iqbal Sajid