raat mili tanhaai mili aur jaam milaa — 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

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

— Khumar Barabankavi

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

— Mir Taqi Mir

ye aansu ponchh lijiye aur muskuraaiye
chaara nahin hai koi bhi rukhsat kiye baghair

— Nasim Zahid

main ne apni palkon par gham-kade sajaae hain
aarzu ke maatam mein sogvaar hasti hai

— Hanif Fauq

husn jalva dikhaa gayaa apnaa
ishq baiThaa rahaa udaas kahin

— Saifuddin Saif

intihaa ke qarib hai duniyaa
aadmi aakhiri sadi kaa huun

— Zubair Khayali