jangal mein jo sannaaTaa thaa — Masood Tanha

bahut khaamosh rahtaa hai jo 'tanhaa'
vo mahfil mein baraabar boltaa hai

— Masood Tanha

bazm-e-yaaraan mein baiThtaa huun magar
meri jaanib harif dekhte hain

— Masood Tanha

shahr mein raunaqein sahi 'tanhaa'
apne gaanv se mat kinaaraa kar

— Masood Tanha

dost hi khubiyaan bataate hain
dost hi khaamiyaan nikaalte hain

— Masood Tanha

ye tamaashaa sar-e-baazaar nahin ho saktaa
har koi meraa kharidaar nahin ho saktaa

— Masood Tanha

yaadon ke qaafile mein udaasi thi ham-rikaab
hijrat mein tere shahr se 'tanhaa' nahin gae

— Masood Tanha

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

— Aabid Adeeb

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

— Mushafi Ghulam Hamdani

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

sabza o gul kahaan se aae hain
abr kyaa chiiz hai havaa kyaa hai

— Mirza Ghalib

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

— Nadeem Bhabha

ham ko is ki kyaa khabar gulshan kaa gulshan jal gayaa
ham to apnaa sirf apnaa aashiyaan dekhaa kiye

— Hasan Najmi Sikandarpuri