dard-e-hijrat ke sataae hue logon ko kahin — Bakhsh Layalpuri

hamaare khvaab chori ho gae hain
hamein raaton ko niind aati nahin hai

— Bakhsh Layalpuri

kabhi aankhon pe kabhi sar pe biThaae rakhnaa
zindagi talkh sahi dil se lagaae rakhnaa

— Bakhsh Layalpuri

koi shai dil ko bahlaati nahin hai
pareshaani ki rut jaati nahin hai

— Bakhsh Layalpuri

ahl-e-zar ne dekh kar kam-zarfi-e-ahl-e-qalam
hirs-e-zar ke har taraazu mein sukhan-var rakh diye

— Bakhsh Layalpuri

vahi patthar lagaa hai mere sar par
azal se jis ko sajde kar rahaa huun

— Bakhsh Layalpuri

ghar bhi viraana lage taaza havaaon ke baghair
baad-e-khush-rang chale dasht bhi ghar lagtaa hai

— Bakhsh Layalpuri

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

— Mir Taqi Mir

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

— Khumar Barabankavi

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

— Nasim Zahid

husn jalva dikhaa gayaa apnaa
ishq baiThaa rahaa udaas kahin

— Saifuddin Saif

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

— Hanif Fauq

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

— Nazeer Akbar Abadi