jo dekhte tiri zanjir-e-zulf kaa aalam — Haidar Ali Aatish

na paak hogaa kabhi husn o ishq kaa jhagDaa
vo qissa hai ye ki jis kaa koi gavaah nahin

— Haidar Ali Aatish

main us gulshan kaa bulbul huun bahaar aane nahin paati
ki sayyaad aan kar meraa gulistaan mol lete hain

— Haidar Ali Aatish

ajab teri hai ai mahbub surat
nazar se gir gae sab khubsurat

— Haidar Ali Aatish

us gul-badan ki bu-e-badan kuchh na puchhiye
band-e-qabaa jo khol diye ghar mahak gayaa

— Haidar Ali Aatish

uTh gai hain saamne se kaisi kaisi suratein
roiye kis ke liye kis kis kaa maatam kijiye

— Haidar Ali Aatish

ye aarzu thi tujhe gul ke ru-ba-ru karte
ham aur bulbul-e-betaab guftugu karte

— Haidar Ali Aatish

miri tamannaa hai ab ke tum phir milo to ji bhar ke muskuraaein
ki dekhnaa hai ye raushni kaa safar bahut der baa'd jaa kar

— Jafar Shirazi

us shaan-e-aajizi ke fidaa jis ne 'aarzu'
har naaz har ghurur ke qaabil banaa diyaa

— Arzoo Lakhnavi

main ne apni palkon par gham-kade sajaae hain
aarzu ke maatam mein sogvaar hasti hai

— Hanif Fauq

bin maange mil rahaa ho to khvaahish fuzul hai
suraj se raushni ki guzaarish fuzul hai

— Shahid Zaki

bas ek pal ki tamannaa-e-vasl ki khaatir
tamaam 'umr lagaa di gai sanvarne mein

— Wafa Naqvi

chal su-e-gor-e-garibaan ai haris-e-maal-o-zar
dekh kitni aarzuein nazr-e-madfan ho gaiin

— Auj Lakhnavi