uDaanon ne kiyaa thaa is qadar maayus un ko — Manish Shukla

aakhir ham ko be-zaari tak le aai
har shai par girvida rahne ki aadat

— Manish Shukla

chand lakirein to is darja gahri thiin
dekhne vaalaa Duub gayaa tasviron mein

— Manish Shukla

kitni ujlat mein miTaa Daalaa gayaa
aag mein sab kuchh jalaa Daalaa gayaa

— Manish Shukla

baat karne kaa hasin taur-tariqa sikhaa
ham ne urdu ke bahaane se saliqa sikhaa

— Manish Shukla

miri aavaargi hi mere hone ki alaamat hai
mujhe phir is safar ke baa'd bhi koi safar denaa

— Manish Shukla

ab apnaa chehra begaana lagtaa hai
ham ko thi sanjida rahne ki aadat

— Manish Shukla

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

— Aabid Adeeb

ret par ik nishaan hai shaayad
ye hamaaraa makaan hai shaayad

— Muzaffar Abdali

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

— Parveen Shakir

aasmaan jhaank rahaa hai 'khaalid'
chaand kamre mein mire utraa hai

— Khalid Sharif

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

— Allama Iqbal

zamaana mujh se judaa ho gayaa zamaana huaa
rahaa hai ab to bichhaDne ko mujh se tu baaqi

— Aabid Adeeb