safar kaa marhala-e-sakht hi ghanimat thaa — Naseem Sahar

aavaazon ki bhiiD mein itne shor-sharaabe mein
apni bhi ik raae rakhnaa kitnaa mushkil hai

— Naseem Sahar

lafz bhi jis ahd mein kho baiThe apnaa e'tibaar
khaamushi ko is mein kitnaa mo'tabar main ne kiyaa

— Naseem Sahar

ba-naam-e-amn-o-amaan kaun maaraa jaaegaa
na jaane aaj yahaan kaun maaraa jaaegaa

— Naseem Sahar

jo yaad-e-yaar se guft-o-shunid kar li hai
to goyaa phuul se khushbu kashid kar li hai

— Naseem Sahar

jo baat ki thi havaa mein bikharne vaali thi
jo khat likhaa thaa vo purzon mein baTne vaalaa thaa

— Naseem Sahar

diye ab shahr mein raushan nahin hain
havaa ki hukmaraani ho gai kyaa

— Naseem Sahar

shama bujh kar rah gai parvaana jal kar rah gayaa
yaadgaar-e-husn-o-ishq ik daagh dil par rah gayaa

— Mirza Mohammad Hadi Aziz Lakhnavi

mere khvaabon ke jharokon ko sajaate rahiye
na sahi vasl magar yaad to aate rahiye

— Jatinder Vir Yakhmi Jayaveer

koi viraani si viraani hai
dasht ko dekh ke ghar yaad aayaa

— Mirza Ghalib

yaad aai hai to phir TuuT ke yaad aai hai
koi guzri hui manzil koi bhuli hui dost

— Ahmad Faraz

yaad rakhnaa bhi ik ibaadat hai
kyuun na ham un kaa haafiza ho jaaein

— Ashhad Bilal Ibn

raat yuun dil mein tiri khoi hui yaad aai
jaise viraane mein chupke se bahaar aa jaae

— Faiz Ahmad Faiz