shahr kaa shahr miri jaan ki talab rakhtaa hai — Farhat Abbas

zalzalon ki numud se 'farhat'
mustaqar mustaqar nahin rahte

— Farhat Abbas

tum use le chalo lab-e-kausar
ai farishto ye karbalaai hai

— Farhat Abbas

donon laazim hain laa-zavaal bhi hain
ik tiraa husn ik miraa ye ishq

— Farhat Abbas

tere saanche mein Dhal gayaa aakhir
shahr saaraa badal gayaa aakhir

— Farhat Abbas

jise bhi dost banaayaa vo ban gayaa dushman
ye ham ne kaun si taqsir ki sazaa paai

— Farhat Abbas

baat ahl-e-junun ki kyaa samjhe
vo khirad jo kaDe ziyaan mein hai

— Farhat Abbas

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

— Khumar Barabankavi

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

— Mir Taqi Mir

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

— Nasim Zahid

intihaa ke qarib hai duniyaa
aadmi aakhiri sadi kaa huun

— Zubair Khayali

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