pahunchaaegaa nahin tu Thikaane lagaaegaa — Natiq Gulavthi

mujh se naaraaz hain jo log vo khush hain un se
main judaa chiiz huun 'naatiq' mire ashaar judaa

— Natiq Gulavthi

hangaama-e-hayaat se lenaa to kuchh nahin
haan dekhte chalo ki tamaashaa hai raah kaa

— Natiq Gulavthi

vahaan se le gai naakaam badbakhton ko khud-kaami
jahaan chashm-e-karam se khud-ba-khud kuchh kaam honaa thaa

— Natiq Gulavthi

aati hai yaad subh-e-masarrat ki baar baar
khurshid aate aate use kal uThaa to laa

— Natiq Gulavthi

sab ko ye shikaayat hai ki hanstaa nahin 'naatiq'
ham ko ye taajjub ki vo giryaan nahin hotaa

— Natiq Gulavthi

kuchh nahin achchhaa to duniyaa mein buraa bhi kuchh nahin
kijiye sab kuchh magar apni zarurat dekh kar

— Natiq Gulavthi

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

— Aabid Adeeb

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

— Mirza Ghalib

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

— Mushafi Ghulam Hamdani

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

jaise ye mez miTTi kaa haathi ye phuul
ek kone mein ham bhi hain rakkhe hue

— Shariq Kaifi