aabaadiyon mein kaise darinde ghus aae hain — Anjum Irfani

charaag chaand shafaq shaam phuul jhiil sabaa
churaain sab ne hi kuchh kuchh shabaahatein teri

— Anjum Irfani

adaa huaa na kabhi mujh se ek sajda-e-shukr
main kis zabaan se karungaa shikaayatein teri

— Anjum Irfani

safar mein har qadam rah rah ke ye taklif hi dete
bahar-surat hamein in aablon ko phoD denaa thaa

— Anjum Irfani

ham fanaa-nasibon ko aur kuchh nahin aataa
khuun sharaab kar lenaa jism jaam kar lenaa

— Anjum Irfani

lauT kar yaqinan main ek roz aaungaa
palkon pe charaaghon kaa ehtimaam kar lenaa

— Anjum Irfani

koi puraanaa khat kuchh bhuli-bisri yaad
zakhmon par vo lamhe marham hote hain

— Anjum Irfani

shaahraahein dafatan shoale ugalne lag gaiin
ghar ki jaanib chal paDaa hai shahr gheraa kar tamaam

— Aabid Adeeb

sabza o gul kahaan se aae hain
abr kyaa chiiz hai havaa kyaa hai

— Mirza Ghalib

qaatil tiri gali bhi badaun se kam nahin
jis ke qadam qadam pe mazaar-e-shahid hai

— Mushafi Ghulam Hamdani

main tujh se saath bhi to umar bhar kaa chaahtaa thaa
so ab tujh se gilaa bhi umar bhar kaa ho gayaa hai

— Irfan Sattar

kuchh phulon ki khaatir bhi kuchh phulon kaa
sab se achchhaa rang churaanaa paDtaa hai

— Nadeem Bhabha

gul kiyaa jis ne vo thaa aur magar
shama ne shikva havaaon se kiyaa

— Tilok Chand Kausar