harif-e-matlab-e-mushkil nahin fusun-e-niyaaz — Mirza Ghalib

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

— Mirza Ghalib

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

— Mirza Ghalib

hai kahaan tamannaa kaa dusraa qadam yaa-rab
ham ne dasht-e-imkaan ko ek naqsh-e-paa paayaa

— Mirza Ghalib

dam liyaa thaa na qayaamat ne hanuz
phir tiraa vaqt-e-safar yaad aayaa

— Mirza Ghalib

huaa hai shah kaa musaahib phire hai itraataa
vagarna shahr mein 'ghaalib' ki aabru kyaa hai

— Mirza Ghalib

'ghaalib' chhuTi sharaab par ab bhi kabhi kabhi
piitaa huun roz-e-abr o shab-e-maahtaab mein

— Mirza Ghalib

kam-umri mein sunet hain
mar jaate hain achchhe log

— Malikzada Javed

baDe qalaq ki baat hai ki tum ise na paDh sake
hamaari zindagi to ik khuli hui kitaab thi

— Nazim Sultanpuri

apne man mein Duub kar paa jaa suraagh-e-zindagi
tu agar meraa nahin bantaa na ban apnaa to ban

— Allama Iqbal

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

zindagi tu bhi hamein vaise hi ik roz guzaar
jis tarah ham tujhe barson se guzaare hue hain

— Arshad Jamal Sarim

umr bhar kaun nibhaataa hai ta'alluq itnaa
ai miri jaan ke dushman tujhe allaah rakkhe

— Ahmad Faraz