suluk rakhtaa hai mujh se munaafiqon jaisaa — 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

mere khvaabon ke jharokon ko sajaate rahiye
na sahi vasl magar yaad to aate rahiye

— Jatinder Vir Yakhmi Jayaveer

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

yaad aai hai to phir TuuT ke yaad aai hai
koi guzri hui manzil koi bhuli hui dost

— Ahmad Faraz

koi viraani si viraani hai
dasht ko dekh ke ghar yaad aayaa

— Mirza Ghalib

uThaa sakte nahin jab chuum kar hi chhoDnaa achchhaa
mohabbat kaa ye patthar is dafa bhaari ziyaada hai

— Zafar Iqbal

sayyaad teraa ghar mujhe jannat sahi magar
jannat se bhi sivaa mujhe raahat chaman mein thi

— Riyaz Khairabadi