billu ko chup karaaun ki maarun qamar ko main — Raja Mehdi Ali Khan

jab apnaa dukh sunaaun qamar ke pidar ko main
kahte hain dekh aag lagaa dungaa ghar ko main

— Raja Mehdi Ali Khan

vo sab aa ke izhaar-e-maatam kareinge
vo baiThak mein roeinge chaae piyeinge

— Raja Mehdi Ali Khan

buri buri nazrein chehre par Daal rahe hain uf tauba
ham apne donon gaalon ko jaa ke abhi dho aaeinge

— Raja Mehdi Ali Khan

bismillaah are-vaah main qurbaan main qurbaan
kyaa khuub lagi hai kamand allaah tiri shaan

— Raja Mehdi Ali Khan

pahle ham ko bahan kahaa ab fikr hamin se shaadi ki
ye bhi na sochaa bahan se shaadi kar ke kyaa kahlaaeinge

— Raja Mehdi Ali Khan

main tum pe huun 'jaan-nisaar-akhtar' qasam hai 'munshi-fidaa-ali' ki
bahut dinon se main tum pe 'saahir' se jaadu Tone karaa rahaa huun

— Raja Mehdi Ali Khan

ret par ik nishaan hai shaayad
ye hamaaraa makaan hai shaayad

— Muzaffar Abdali

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

— Aabid Adeeb

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

— Khumar Barabankavi

kaho kyaa mehrbaan naa-mehrbaan taqdir hoti hai
kahaa maan ki duaaon mein baDi taasir hoti hai

— Anjum Khaleeq

aasmaan jhaank rahaa hai 'khaalid'
chaand kamre mein mire utraa hai

— Khalid Sharif

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

— Parveen Shakir