shaam-e-vidaaa thi magar us rang-baaz ne — Hasan Abbas Raza

dhaDakti qurbaton ke khvaab se jaage to jaanaa
zaraa se vasl ne kitnaa akelaa kar diyaa hai

— Hasan Abbas Raza

judaai ki ruton mein suratein dhundlaane lagti hain
so aise mausamon mein aaina dekhaa nahin karte

— Hasan Abbas Raza

kyaa shakhs thaa uDaataa rahaa umr bhar mujhe
lekin havaa se haath milaane nahin diyaa

— Hasan Abbas Raza

savaal ye nahin mujh se hai kyuun gurezaan vo
savaal ye hai ki kyuun jism o jaan se baahar hai

— Hasan Abbas Raza

bachchon ke saath aaj use dekhaa to dukh huaa
un mein se koi ek bhi maan par nahin gayaa

— Hasan Abbas Raza

sivaa tere har ik shai ko haTaa denaa hai manzar se
aur is ke baa'd khud ko be-sar-o-saamaan karnaa hai

— Hasan Abbas Raza

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

— Parveen Shakir

shama bujh kar rah gai parvaana jal kar rah gayaa
yaadgaar-e-husn-o-ishq ik daagh dil par rah gayaa

— Mirza Mohammad Hadi Aziz Lakhnavi

ghulaami mein na kaam aati hain shamshirein na tadbirein
jo ho zauq-e-yaqin paidaa to kaT jaati hain zanjirein

— Allama Iqbal

nahin vo sham-e-mohabbat rahi to phir 'aasim'
ye kis duaa se mire ghar mein raushni si hai

— Asim Wasti

maarka garm to ho lene do khun-rezi kaa
pahle shamshir ke niche hamin jaa baiTheinge

— Mir Taqi Mir

zindagi phaili hui thi shaam-e-hijraan ki tarah
kis ko itnaa hausla thaa kaun ji kar dekhtaa

— Ahmad Faraz