khvaab meraa hai ain bedaari — Bahadur Shah Zafar

ab ki jo raah-e-mohabbat mein uThaai taklif
sakht hoti hamein manzil kabhi aisi to na thi

— Bahadur Shah Zafar

kitnaa hai bad-nasib 'zafar' dafn ke liye
do gaz zamin bhi na mili ku-e-yaar mein

— Bahadur Shah Zafar

dekh dil ko mire o kaafir-e-be-pir na toD
ghar hai allaah kaa ye is ki to taamir na toD

— Bahadur Shah Zafar

kyaa taab kyaa majaal hamaari ki bosa lein
lab ko tumhaare lab se milaa kar kahe baghair

— Bahadur Shah Zafar

ye qissa vo nahin tum jis ko qissa-khvaan se suno
mire fasaana-e-gham ko miri zabaan se suno

— Bahadur Shah Zafar

bulbul ko baaghbaan se na sayyaad se gila
qismat mein qaid likkhi thi fasl-e-bahaar mein

— Bahadur Shah Zafar

mere khvaabon ke jharokon ko sajaate rahiye
na sahi vasl magar yaad to aate rahiye

— Jatinder Vir Yakhmi Jayaveer

hamaaraa ishq ravaan hai rukaavaTon mein 'zafar'
ye khvaab hai kisi divaar se nahin ruktaa

— Zafar Iqbal

ye san kar meri nindein uD gai hain
koi meraa bhi sapnaa dekhtaa hai

— Mahtab Alam

hasin khvaab ko sachchaa samajh rahaa hai koi
faqat gumaan ko duniyaa samajh rahaa hai koi

— Sandeep Gupte

khvaab Thahre the to aankhein bhigne se bach gaiin
varna chehre par to gham ki baarishon kaa aks hai

— Malika Naseem

afsos umr kaT gai ranj-o-malaal mein
dekhaa na khvaab mein bhi jo kuchh thaa khayaal mein

— Imdad Imam Asar