kaun letaa thaa naam majnun kaa — Mir Taqi Mir

jab ki pahlu se yaar uThtaa hai
dard be-ikhtiyaar uThtaa hai

— Mir Taqi Mir

maarka garm to ho lene do khun-rezi kaa
pahle shamshir ke niche hamin jaa baiTheinge

— Mir Taqi Mir

ijz-o-niyaaz apnaa apni taraf hai saaraa
is musht-e-khaak ko ham masjud jaante hain

— Mir Taqi Mir

dikhaai diye yuun ki be-khud kiyaa
hamein aap se bhi judaa kar chale

— Mir Taqi Mir

'mir'-saahib zamaana naazuk hai
donon haathon se thaamiye dastaar

— Mir Taqi Mir

mire saliqe se meri nibhi mohabbat mein
tamaam umr main naakaamiyon se kaam liyaa

— Mir Taqi Mir

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

is judaai mein tum andar se bikhar jaaoge
kisi maazur ko dekhoge to yaad aaungaa

— Wasi Shah

aadhi se ziyaada shab-e-gham kaaT chukaa huun
ab bhi agar aa jaao to ye raat baDi hai

— Saqib Lakhnavi