kisi ke haath mein jaam-e-sharaab aayaa hai — Ghulam Rabbani Taban

ye mai-kada hai kalisaa o khaanqaah nahin
uruj-e-fikr o farogh-e-nazar ki manzil hai

— Ghulam Rabbani Taban

rah-e-talab mein kise aarzu-e-manzil hai
shuur ho to safar khud safar kaa haasil hai

— Ghulam Rabbani Taban

ye chaar din ki rifaaqat bhi kam nahin ai dost
tamaam umr bhalaa kaun saath detaa hai

— Ghulam Rabbani Taban

shabaab-e-husn hai barq-o-sharar ki manzil hai
ye aazmaaish-e-qalb-o-nazar ki manzil hai

— Ghulam Rabbani Taban

nikhar gae hain pasine mein bhiig kar aariz
gulon ne aur bhi shabnam se taazgi paai

— Ghulam Rabbani Taban

manzilein raah mein thiin naqsh-e-qadam ki surat
ham ne muD kar bhi na dekhaa kisi manzil ki taraf

— Ghulam Rabbani Taban

ret par ik nishaan hai shaayad
ye hamaaraa makaan hai shaayad

— Muzaffar Abdali

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

— Aabid Adeeb

kaho kyaa mehrbaan naa-mehrbaan taqdir hoti hai
kahaa maan ki duaaon mein baDi taasir hoti hai

— Anjum Khaleeq

vo na aaegaa hamein maalum thaa is shaam bhi
intizaar us kaa magar kuchh soch kar karte rahe

— Parveen Shakir

pyaaso raho na dasht mein baarish ke muntazir
maaro zamin pe paanv ki paani nikal paDe

— Iqbal Sajid

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

— Khumar Barabankavi