kahin kho na jaae qayaamat kaa din — Mohammad Alvi

donon ke dil mein khauf thaa maidaan-e-jang mein
donon kaa khauf faasla thaa darmiyaan kaa

— Mohammad Alvi

yakka ulaT ke rah gayaa ghoDaa bhaDak gayaa
kaali saDak pe chaand saa chehra chamak gayaa

— Mohammad Alvi

kamre mein maze ki raushni ho
achchhi si koi kitaab dekhun

— Mohammad Alvi

aur baazaar se kyaa le jaaun
pahli baarish kaa mazaa le jaaun

— Mohammad Alvi

bulaa rahaa thaa koi chikh chikh kar mujh ko
kuein mein jhaank ke dekhaa to main hi andar thaa

— Mohammad Alvi

nayaa saal divaar par Taang de
puraane baras kaa calendar giraa

— Mohammad Alvi

na tum hosh mein ho na ham hosh mein hain
chalo mai-kade mein vahin baat hogi

— Bashir Badr

sau fasaad ek ishq mein uTThe
boyaa ik tukhm uge hazaar darakht

— Imdad Ali Bahr

kisi ke zakhm par chaahat se paTTi kaun baandhegaa
agar bahnein nahin hongi to raakhi kaun baandhegaa

— Munawwar Rana

zindagi zor hai ravaani kaa
kyaa thamegaa bahaav paani kaa

— Abdul Hamid Adam

khair dozakh mein mai mile na mile
shaikh-saahab se jaan to chhuTegi

— Faiz Ahmad Faiz

mujh tak kab un ki bazm mein aataa thaa daur-e-jaam
saaqi ne kuchh milaa na diyaa ho sharaab mein

— Mirza Ghalib