vo jangalon mein darakhton pe kudte phirnaa — Mohammad Alvi

vo jangalon mein darakhton pe kudte phirnaa
buraa bahut thaa magar aaj se to behtar thaa

Urdu

وہ جنگلوں میں درختوں پہ کودتے پھرنا
برا بہت تھا مگر آج سے تو بہتر تھا

Hindi

वो जंगलों में दरख़्तों पे कूदते फिरना
बुरा बहुत था मगर आज से तो बेहतर था

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

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

— Aabid Adeeb

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

kuchh phulon ki khaatir bhi kuchh phulon kaa
sab se achchhaa rang churaanaa paDtaa hai

— Nadeem Bhabha

qaatil tiri gali bhi badaun se kam nahin
jis ke qadam qadam pe mazaar-e-shahid hai

— Mushafi Ghulam Hamdani

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

— Mirza Ghalib

ham ko is ki kyaa khabar gulshan kaa gulshan jal gayaa
ham to apnaa sirf apnaa aashiyaan dekhaa kiye

— Hasan Najmi Sikandarpuri