tum baiThe ho lekin jaate dekh rahaa huun — Javed Akhtar

agar palak pe hai moti to ye nahin kaafi
hunar bhi chaahiye alfaaz mein pirone kaa

— Javed Akhtar

yahi haalaat ibtidaa se rahe
log ham se khafaa khafaa se rahe

— Javed Akhtar

hai paash paash magar phir bhi muskuraataa hai
vo chehra jaise ho TuuTe hue khilaune kaa

— Javed Akhtar

tab ham donon vaqt churaa kar laate the
ab milte hain jab bhi fursat hoti hai

— Javed Akhtar

main paa sakaa na kabhi is khalish se chhuTkaaraa
vo mujh se jiit bhi saktaa thaa jaane kyuun haaraa

— Javed Akhtar

isi jagah isi din to huaa thaa ye elaan
andhere haar gae zindabaad hindostaan

— Javed Akhtar

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

husn jalva dikhaa gayaa apnaa
ishq baiThaa rahaa udaas kahin

— Saifuddin Saif

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