hamein qarina-e-ranjish kahaan mayassar hai — Anwar Masood

kahun ai zauq kyaa haal-e-shab-e-hijr
ki thi ik ik ghaDi sau sau mahine

— Anwar Masood

chaae bhi achchhi banaati hain miri begam magar
munh banaane mein to un kaa koi saani hi nahin

— Anwar Masood

raat aai hai balaaon se rihaai degi
ab na divaar na zanjir dikhaai degi

— Anwar Masood

ajiib lutf thaa naadaaniyon ke aalam mein
samajh mein aaiin to baaton kaa vo maza bhi gayaa

— Anwar Masood

main apne dushmanon kaa kis qadar mamnun huun 'anvar'
ki un ke shar se kyaa kyaa khair ke pahlu nikalte hain

— Anwar Masood

is vaqt vahaan kaun dhuaan dekhne jaae
akhbaar mein paDh leinge kahaan aag lagi thi

— Anwar Masood

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

— Aabid Adeeb

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

— Nadeem Bhabha

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

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

— Mirza Ghalib

jaise ye mez miTTi kaa haathi ye phuul
ek kone mein ham bhi hain rakkhe hue

— Shariq Kaifi