ye aur baat teri gali mein na aaein ham — Habib Jalib

kuchh aur bhi hain kaam hamein ai gham-e-jaanaan
kab tak koi uljhi hui zulfon ko sanvaare

— Habib Jalib

sher se shaairi se Darte hain
kam-nazar raushni se Darte hain

— Habib Jalib

duniyaa to chaahti hai yunhi faasle rahein
duniyaa ke mashvaron pe na jaa us gali mein chal

— Habib Jalib

aane vaali barkhaa dekhein kyaa dikhlaae aankhon ko
ye barkhaa barsaate din to bin piritam be-kaar gae

— Habib Jalib

kuchh log khayaalon se chale jaaein to soein
biite hue din raat na yaad aaein to soein

— Habib Jalib

ik tiri yaad se ik tere tasavvur se hamein
aa gae yaad kai naam hasinaaon ke

— Habib Jalib

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

— Aabid Adeeb

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

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

na gul khile hain na un se mile na mai pi hai
ajiib rang mein ab ke bahaar guzri hai

— Faiz Ahmad Faiz