qafas mein rah ke na rote agar ye jaante ham — Bismil Saeedi

husn bhi kambakht kab khaali hai soz-e-ishq se
shama bhi to raat bhar jalti hai parvaane ke saath

— Bismil Saeedi

dohraai jaa sakegi na ab daastaan-e-ishq
kuchh vo kahin se bhuul gae hain kahin se ham

— Bismil Saeedi

tum jab aate ho to jaane ke liye aate ho
ab jo aa kar tumhein jaanaa ho to aanaa bhi nahin

— Bismil Saeedi

sukun nasib huaa ho kabhi jo tere baghair
khudaa kare ki mujhe tu kabhi nasib na ho

— Bismil Saeedi

ro rahaa huun aaj main saare jahaan ke saamne
roegaa kal dekhnaa saaraa jahaan mere liye

— Bismil Saeedi

kaabe mein musalmaan ko kah dete hain kaafir
but-khaane mein kaafir ko bhi kaafar nahin kahte

— Bismil Saeedi

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

— Aabid Adeeb

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

— Mirza Ghalib

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

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

— Mushafi Ghulam Hamdani

ham ko is ki kyaa khabar gulshan kaa gulshan jal gayaa
ham to apnaa sirf apnaa aashiyaan dekhaa kiye

— Hasan Najmi Sikandarpuri