ugal na sang-e-malaamat khudaa se Dar naaseh — Bismil Azimabadi

na apne zabt ko rusvaa karo sataa ke mujhe
khudaa ke vaaste dekho na muskuraa ke mujhe

— Bismil Azimabadi

ek din vo din the rone pe hansaa karte the ham
ek ye din hain ki ab hansne pe ronaa aae hai

— Bismil Azimabadi

ik ghalat sajde se kyaa hotaa hai vaaiz kuchh na puchh
umr bhar ki sab riyaazat khaak mein mil jaae hai

— Bismil Azimabadi

ye zindagi bhi koi zindagi hui 'bismil'
na ro sake na kabhi hans sake Thikaane se

— Bismil Azimabadi

aazaadi ne baazu bhi salaamat nahin rakkhe
ai taaqat-e-parvaaz tujhe laaein kahaan se

— Bismil Azimabadi

kyaa karein jaam-o-subu haath pakaD lete hain
ji to kahtaa hai ki uTh jaaiye mai-khaane se

— Bismil Azimabadi

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

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

— Mushafi Ghulam Hamdani

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

gul kiyaa jis ne vo thaa aur magar
shama ne shikva havaaon se kiyaa

— Tilok Chand Kausar