mujhe fardaa ki fikr kyun-kar ho — Hamidullah Afsar

dukh mein sukh mein har haalat mein bhaarat dil kaa sahaaraa hai
bhaarat pyaaraa desh hamaaraa sab deshon se pyaaraa hai

— Hamidullah Afsar

hai tere liye saaraa jahaan husn se khaali
khud husn agar teri nigaahon mein nahin hai

— Hamidullah Afsar

sukh mein hotaa hai haafiza bekaar
dukh mein allaah yaad aataa hai

— Hamidullah Afsar

haae vo jis ki ummidein hon khizaan par mauquf
shaakh-e-gul suukh ke gir jaae to kaashaana bane

— Hamidullah Afsar

jab safar 'afsar' kabhi karte nahin
dekhte phir kyuun ho tum manzil ke khvaab

— Hamidullah Afsar

taaron kaa go shumaar mein aanaa muhaal hai
lekin kisi ko niind na aae to kyaa kare

— Hamidullah Afsar

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

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

— Hanif Fauq

ham haal to kah sakte hain apnaa pa kahein kyaa
jab vo idhar aate hain to tanhaa nahin aate

— Nazeer Akbar Abadi

intihaa ke qarib hai duniyaa
aadmi aakhiri sadi kaa huun

— Zubair Khayali