is kaar-e-aagahi ko junun kah rahe hain log — Azhar Inayati

ghazal kaa sher to hotaa hai bas kisi ke liye
magar sitam hai ki sab ko sunaanaa paDtaa hai

— Azhar Inayati

shikastagi mein bhi kyaa shaan hai imaarat ki
ki dekhne ko ise sar uThaanaa paDtaa hai

— Azhar Inayati

raasto kyaa hue vo log ki aate-jaate
mere aadaab pe kahte the ki jiite rahiye

— Azhar Inayati

kisi ke aib chhupaanaa savaab hai lekin
kabhi kabhi koi parda uThaanaa paDtaa hai

— Azhar Inayati

vo jis ke sehn mein koi gulaab khil na sakaa
tamaam shahr ke bachchon se pyaar kartaa thaa

— Azhar Inayati

har ek raat ko mahtaab dekhne ke liye
main jaagtaa huun tiraa khvaab dekhne ke liye

— Azhar Inayati

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

— Khumar Barabankavi

jab ki pahlu se yaar uThtaa hai
dard be-ikhtiyaar uThtaa hai

— Mir Taqi Mir

ye aansu ponchh lijiye aur muskuraaiye
chaara nahin hai koi bhi rukhsat kiye baghair

— Nasim Zahid

main ne apni palkon par gham-kade sajaae hain
aarzu ke maatam mein sogvaar hasti hai

— Hanif Fauq

husn jalva dikhaa gayaa apnaa
ishq baiThaa rahaa udaas kahin

— Saifuddin Saif

ham haal to kah sakte hain apnaa pa kahein kyaa
jab vo idhar aate hain to tanhaa nahin aate

— Nazeer Akbar Abadi