ab na vo shorish-e-raftaar na vo josh-e-junun — Ali Jawad Zaidi

ye dushmani hai saaqi yaa dosti hai saaqi
auron ko jaam denaa mujh ko dikhaa dikhaa ke

— Ali Jawad Zaidi

guftugu ke khatm ho jaane par aayaa ye khayaal
jo zabaan tak aa nahin paayaa vahi to dil mein thaa

— Ali Jawad Zaidi

jin hauslon se meraa junun mutmain na thaa
vo hausle zamaane ke meyaar ho gae

— Ali Jawad Zaidi

lazzat-e-dard mili ishrat-e-ehsaas mili
kaun kahtaa hai ham us bazm se naakaam aae

— Ali Jawad Zaidi

ab dard mein vo kaifiyat-e-dard nahin hai
aayaa huun jo us bazm-e-gul-afshaan se guzar ke

— Ali Jawad Zaidi

jab kabhi dekhaa hai ai 'zaidi' nigaah-e-ghaur se
har haqiqat mein mile hain chand afsaane mujhe

— Ali Jawad Zaidi

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

— Ibn

jab ki pahlu se yaar uThtaa hai
dard be-ikhtiyaar uThtaa hai

— Mir Taqi Mir

kaabe ko jaataa kis liye hindostaan se main
kis but mein shahr-e-hind ke shaan-e-khudaa na thi

— Rind Lakhnavi

yaad aai hai to phir TuuT ke yaad aai hai
koi guzri hui manzil koi bhuli hui dost

— Ahmad Faraz

dekhe na mujhe kyunkar az-chashm-e-hiqaarat-u
vo sarv-e-javaan yaaro man-faakhta-e-piram

— Nazeer Akbar Abadi

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

— Raghvendra Dwivedi