ibtidaa kaa ilm hai na intihaa maalum hai — Mohammad Mustahsan Jami

rang badlaa huaa thaa phulon kaa
tum yaqinan udaas guzre the

— Mohammad Mustahsan Jami

bin dekhe bhi chain nahin hai 'mustahsan'
dekhun to saari binaai jaati hai

— Mohammad Mustahsan Jami

tiri lab-kushaai pe munhasir miri zindagaani hai dostaa
tiraa bolnaa bhi qubul hai tiri khaamushi bhi aziiz hai

— Mohammad Mustahsan Jami

lutf ki in pe koi khaas nazar hai ki nahin
apne maston ki koi khair-khabar hai ki nahin

— Mohammad Mustahsan Jami

sivaae is ke koi bhi masrufiyat nahin hai
main in dinon bas charaagh taqsim kar rahaa huun

— Mohammad Mustahsan Jami

ham talvaar uThaa nahin paae
ham aavaaz uThaa sakte the

— Mohammad Mustahsan Jami

jinhein ye fikr nahin sar rahe rahe na rahe
vo sach hi kahte hain jab bolne pe aate hain

— Aabid Adeeb

vo na aaegaa hamein maalum thaa is shaam bhi
intizaar us kaa magar kuchh soch kar karte rahe

— Parveen Shakir

gulaabon ke honTon pe lab rakh rahaa huun
use der tak sochnaa chaahtaa huun

— Zubair Rizvi

tere bin hayaat ki soch bhi gunaah thi
ham qarib-e-jaan tiraa hisaar dekhte rahe

— Quaiser Khalid

qulzum-e-fikr mein hai kashti-e-imaan saalim
naa-khudaa husn hai aur ishq hai langar apnaa

— Sahir Dehlavi

maango samundaron se na saahil ki bhiik tum
haan fikr o fan ke vaaste gahraai maang lo

— Hasan Najmi Sikandarpuri