tum ne to faqat us ki rivaayat hi suni hai — Ateequllah

kuchh aur din abhi is jaa qayaam karnaa thaa
yahaan charaagh vahaan par sitaara dharnaa thaa

— Ateequllah

kuchh badan ki zabaan kahti thi
aansuon ki zabaan mein thaa kuchh

— Ateequllah

ye raah-e-talab yaaro gumraah bhi karti hai
saamaan usi kaa thaa jo be-sar-o-saamaan thaa

— Ateequllah

aaina aaina tairtaa koi aks
aur har khvaab mein dusraa khvaab hai

— Ateequllah

zaraa se rizq mein barkat bhi kitni hoti thi
aur ik charaagh se kitne charaagh jalte the

— Ateequllah

fazaa mein haath to uTThe the ek saath kai
kisi ke vaaste koi duaa na kartaa thaa

— Ateequllah

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

— Aabid Adeeb

ret par ik nishaan hai shaayad
ye hamaaraa makaan hai shaayad

— Muzaffar Abdali

vo na aaegaa hamein maalum thaa is shaam bhi
intizaar us kaa magar kuchh soch kar karte rahe

— Parveen Shakir

pyaaso raho na dasht mein baarish ke muntazir
maaro zamin pe paanv ki paani nikal paDe

— Iqbal Sajid

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

— Khumar Barabankavi

ghulaami mein na kaam aati hain shamshirein na tadbirein
jo ho zauq-e-yaqin paidaa to kaT jaati hain zanjirein

— Allama Iqbal