raah-e-hayaat mein na mili ek pal khushi — Akhlaq Ahmad Ahan

zo'm-e-tuqaa hijaab-e-tazaahur nifaaq kaa
har jaa raqam hai is mein bhi izn o qum-e-darogh

— Akhlaq Ahmad Ahan

ai jamaal-e-be-badal lekin adaa mein be-rukhi
ho gaiin sadiyaan ki chashm-e-tishna teri muntazir

— Akhlaq Ahmad Ahan

zaat-e-khaaKi ki tahon mein khufta hain anvaa’-e-khaak
rang-haa-e-tah-ba-tah kaa pech-o-kham kuchh aur hai

— Akhlaq Ahmad Ahan

luTaa ye kaarvaan kab kaa na jaane kaun thi manzil
magar ahbaab ab bhi zo'm-e-chughtaai mein jiite hain

— Akhlaq Ahmad Ahan

ye kaisi jagah hai ki dil kho rahaa hai
bayaabaan hai sahraa hai gulshan hai kyaa hai

— Akhlaq Ahmad Ahan

sitaaron ki gardish dilon kaa bichhaDnaa
ye kaise khudaa ki hai kaisi khudaai

— Akhlaq Ahmad Ahan

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

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

husn jalva dikhaa gayaa apnaa
ishq baiThaa rahaa udaas kahin

— Saifuddin Saif