haTaao aaina ummid-vaar ham bhi hain — Ameer Minai

phir baiThe baiThe vaada-e-vasl us ne kar liyaa
phir uTh khaDaa huaa vahi rog intizaar kaa

— Ameer Minai

aafat to hai vo naaz bhi andaaz bhi lekin
martaa huun main jis par vo adaa aur hi kuchh hai

— Ameer Minai

maani hain main ne saikaDon baatein tamaam umr
aaj aap ek baat miri maan jaaiye

— Ameer Minai

vo dushmani se dekhte hain dekhte to hain
main shaad huun ki huun to kisi ki nigaah mein

— Ameer Minai

khudaa ne nek surat di to sikho nek baatein bhi
bure hote ho achchhe ho ke ye kyaa bad-zabaani hai

— Ameer Minai

kaun si jaa hai jahaan jalva-e-maashuq nahin
shauq-e-didaar agar hai to nazar paidaa kar

— Ameer Minai

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

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

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

— Ahmad Faraz