miT chuke jo bhi the tauba-shikani ke asbaab — Salik Lakhnavi

aaj bhi hai vahi maqaam aaj bhi lab pe un kaa naam
manzil-e-be-shumaar-gaam apne safar ko kyaa karun

— Salik Lakhnavi

dil ne siine mein kuchh qaraar liyaa
jab tujhe khuub saa pukaar liyaa

— Salik Lakhnavi

mai-khaana-e-hasti mein saaqi ham donon hi mujrim hain shaayad
khum tu ne bachaa ke rakkhe the paimaane main ne toDe hain

— Salik Lakhnavi

apni khuddaari salaamat dil kaa aalam kuchh sahi
jis jagah se uTh chuke hain us jagah phir jaaein kyaa

— Salik Lakhnavi

maal-o-zar ahl-e-duval saamne yuun ginte hain
ham faqiron ne na kuchh sarf kiyaa ho jaise

— Salik Lakhnavi

bahaar-e-gulistaan ham ko na pahchaane taajjub hai
gulon ke rukh pe chhiDkaa hai bahut khun-e-jigar ham ne

— Salik Lakhnavi

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

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

— Parveen Shakir

zamaana mujh se judaa ho gayaa zamaana huaa
rahaa hai ab to bichhaDne ko mujh se tu baaqi

— Aabid Adeeb

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

— Iqbal Sajid

ghulaami mein na kaam aati hain shamshirein na tadbirein
jo ho zauq-e-yaqin paidaa to kaT jaati hain zanjirein

— Allama Iqbal