bujh gai kuchh is tarah sham-e-'salaam' — Salam Machhli Shahri

ai mire ghar ki fazaaon se gurezaan mahtaab
apne ghar ke dar-o-divaar ko kaise chhoDun

— Salam Machhli Shahri

ab maa-hasal hayaat kaa bas ye hai ai 'salaam'
cigarette jalaai sher kahe shaadmaan hue

— Salam Machhli Shahri

gham musalsal ho to ahbaab bichhaD jaate hain
ab na koi dil-e-tanhaa ke qarin aaegaa

— Salam Machhli Shahri

kabhi kabhi arz-e-gham ki khaatir ham ik bahaanaa bhi chaahte hain
jab aansuon se bhari hon aankhein to muskuraanaa bhi chaahte hain

— Salam Machhli Shahri

raat dil ko thaa sahar kaa intizaar
ab ye gham hai kyuun saveraa ho gayaa

— Salam Machhli Shahri

yuun hi aankhon mein aa gae aansu
jaaiye aap koi baat nahin

— Salam Machhli Shahri

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

— Aabid Adeeb

ret par ik nishaan hai shaayad
ye hamaaraa makaan hai shaayad

— Muzaffar Abdali

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

— Khumar Barabankavi

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

— Parveen Shakir

pyaaso raho na dasht mein baarish ke muntazir
maaro zamin pe paanv ki paani nikal paDe

— Iqbal Sajid

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

— Anjum Khaleeq