Tahal rahaa hai ik aansu labon ke paas miraa — Ali Raza Aseer

Daraavnaa hai bahut hai baDaa ghanaa jangal
nikal na paaoge is se hai ik anaa jangal

— Ali Raza Aseer

saanson ko bu-e-zist se kafnaa diyaa gayaa
khaak-e-badan mein ruuh ko dafnaa diyaa gayaa

— Ali Raza Aseer

ik manzil-e-safar bhi to ab tak nahin mili
main shin-e-shaaeri pe nahin huun alif pe huun

— Ali Raza Aseer

parinde dekh kar us shakhs ko par phaDphaDaate hain
jo qaid-e-dil hai zaahir mein magar aazaad lagtaa hai

— Ali Raza Aseer

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

— Khumar Barabankavi

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

— Mir Taqi Mir

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