ai baaghbaan nahin tire gulshan se kuchh gharaz — Bandar Ibn

itnaa hi chaahtaa huun ki main aur andalib
aapas mein dard-e-dil kahein Tuk baiTh kar kahin

— Bandar Ibn

kuchh aisi ban gai tasvir us ke dast-e-qudrat se
rahaa hairaan banaa kar aap surat-aafrin barson

— Bandar Ibn

sunaa kis ne haal meraa ki juun abr vo na royaa
rakhe hai magar ye qissa asar-e-duaa-e-baaraan

— Bandar Ibn

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

— Aabid Adeeb

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

kuchh phulon ki khaatir bhi kuchh phulon kaa
sab se achchhaa rang churaanaa paDtaa hai

— Nadeem Bhabha

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

— Mirza Ghalib

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

— Mushafi Ghulam Hamdani

saare jahaan se achchhaa hindostaan hamaaraa
ham bulbulein hain is ki ye gulsitaan hamaaraa

— Allama Iqbal