bas ik husain kaa kahin miltaa nahin suraagh — Khalilur Rahman Azmi

teri gali se chhuT ke na jaa-e-amaan mili
ab ke to meraa ghar bhi miraa ghar na ho sakaa

— Khalilur Rahman Azmi

jaane kyuun ik khayaal saa aayaa
main na hungaa to kyaa kami hogi

— Khalilur Rahman Azmi

tiri vafaa mein mili aarzu-e-maut mujhe
jo maut mil gai hoti to koi baat bhi thi

— Khalilur Rahman Azmi

azal se thaa vo hamaare vajud kaa hissa
vo ek shakhs ki jo ham pe mehrbaan huaa

— Khalilur Rahman Azmi

tere na ho sake to kisi ke na ho sake
ye kaarobaar-e-shauq mukarrar na ho sakaa

— Khalilur Rahman Azmi

tamaam yaadein mahak rahi hain har ek ghuncha khilaa huaa hai
zamaana biitaa magar gumaan hai ki aaj hi vo judaa huaa hai

— Khalilur Rahman Azmi

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

— Aabid Adeeb

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

kuchh phulon ki khaatir bhi kuchh phulon kaa
sab se achchhaa rang churaanaa paDtaa hai

— Nadeem Bhabha

qaatil tiri gali bhi badaun se kam nahin
jis ke qadam qadam pe mazaar-e-shahid hai

— Mushafi Ghulam Hamdani

jaise ye mez miTTi kaa haathi ye phuul
ek kone mein ham bhi hain rakkhe hue

— Shariq Kaifi