bastiyon vaale to khud oDh ke patte, soe — Ali Akbar Natiq

ghubaar-e-shahr mein use na DhunD jo khizaan ki shab
havaa ki raah se milaa, havaa ki raah par gayaa

— Ali Akbar Natiq

aadhe peD pe sabz parinde aadhaa peD aasebi hai
kaise khule ye raam-kahaani kaun saa hissa meraa hai

— Ali Akbar Natiq

hijaab aa gayaa thaa mujh ko dil ke iztiraab par
yahi sabab hai tere dar pe lauT kar na aa sakaa

— Ali Akbar Natiq

sard raaton ki havaa mein uDte patton ke masil
kaun tere shab-navardon ko sambhaale shahr mein

— Ali Akbar Natiq

itnaa aasaan nahin paani se shabihein dhonaa
khud bhi roegaa musavvir ye qayaamat kar ke

— Ali Akbar Natiq

koi na rasta naap sakaa hai, ret pe chalne vaalon kaa
agle qadam par miT jaaegaa pahlaa naqsh hamaaraa bhi

— Ali Akbar Natiq

bil-aakhir thak haar ke yaaro ham ne bhi taslim kiyaa
apni zaat se ishq hai sachchaa baaqi sab afsaane hain

— Ibn

shama bujh kar rah gai parvaana jal kar rah gayaa
yaadgaar-e-husn-o-ishq ik daagh dil par rah gayaa

— Mirza Mohammad Hadi Aziz Lakhnavi

sabhi se jab mohabbat chaahte ho
mohabbat kyon nahin karte sabhi se

— Saleem Amrohvi

na paak hogaa kabhi husn o ishq kaa jhagDaa
vo qissa hai ye ki jis kaa koi gavaah nahin

— Haidar Ali Aatish

baat karnaa pyaar ki aasaan se aasaan hai
ishq karnaa karte rahnaa hai kaThin se bhi kaThin

— Raghvendra Dwivedi

sau fasaad ek ishq mein uTThe
boyaa ik tukhm uge hazaar darakht

— Imdad Ali Bahr