nahin vo itnaa bhi paagal nahin thaa — Asima Tahir

mire vajud ke andar hai ik qadim makaan
jahaan se main ye udaasi udhaar leti huun

— Asima Tahir

khvaab kaa intizaar khatm huaa
aankh ko niind se jagaate hain

— Asima Tahir

ham ne jab haal-e-dil un se apnaa kahaa
vo bhi qissa kisi kaa sunaane lage

— Asima Tahir

shahzaadi ke kaanon mein jo baat kahi thi ik tu ne
baad tire vo baat tire hi afsaanon mein gunjti hai

— Asima Tahir

Dubne ki na tairne ki khabar
ishq-dariyaa mein bas utar dekhun

— Asima Tahir

khushbu jaisi raat ne meraa
apne jaisaa haal kiyaa thaa

— Asima Tahir

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

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

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

— Mushafi Ghulam Hamdani

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

— Mirza Ghalib

gulaabon ke honTon pe lab rakh rahaa huun
use der tak sochnaa chaahtaa huun

— Zubair Rizvi