imaan jaae yaa rahe jo ho balaa se ho — Mirza Mayal Dehlvi

ishq bhi kyaa chiiz hai sahal bhi dushvaar hai
un ko idhar dekhnaa mujh ko udhar dekhnaa

— Mirza Mayal Dehlvi

maanein jo meri baat muridaan-e-be-riyaa
dein shaikh ko kafan to Dubo kar sharaab mein

— Mirza Mayal Dehlvi

azmat-e-kaaba musallam hai magar but-kada mein
ek aaraam ye kaisaa hai ki kuchh duur nahin

— Mirza Mayal Dehlvi

milein kisi se to bad-naam hon zamaane mein
abhi gae hain vo mujh ko sunaa ke parde mein

— Mirza Mayal Dehlvi

tujh ko dekhaa na tire naaz-o-adaa ko dekhaa
teri har tarz mein ik shaan-e-khudaa ko dekhaa

— Mirza Mayal Dehlvi

mujhe kaafir hi bataataa hai ye vaaiz kam-bakht
main ne bandon mein kai baar khudaa ko dekhaa

— Mirza Mayal Dehlvi

ret par ik nishaan hai shaayad
ye hamaaraa makaan hai shaayad

— Muzaffar Abdali

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

— Aabid Adeeb

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

— Khalid Sharif

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

— Aabid Adeeb

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

— Allama Iqbal

gham hai na ab khushi hai na ummid hai na yaas
sab se najaat paae zamaane guzar gae

— Khumar Barabankavi