kabhi tegh-e-tez supurd ki kabhi tohfa-e-gul-e-tar diyaa — Sarvat Husain

saya-e-abr se puchho 'sarvat'
apne hamraah agar le jaae

— Sarvat Husain

shahzaadi tujhe kaun bataae tere charaag-kade tak
kitni mehraabein paDti hain kitne dar aate hain

— Sarvat Husain

kyuun girafta-dil nazar aati hai ai shaam-e-firaaq
ham jo tere naaz uThaane ke liye maujud hain

— Sarvat Husain

jise anjaam tum samajhti ho
ibtidaa hai kisi kahaani ki

— Sarvat Husain

ik daastaan ab bhi sunaate hain farsh o baam
vo kaun thi jo raqs ke aalam mein mar gai

— Sarvat Husain

teri aashufta-mizaaji ai dil
kyaa khabar kaun nagar le jaae

— Sarvat Husain

bil-aakhir thak haar ke yaaro ham ne bhi taslim kiyaa
apni zaat se ishq hai sachchaa baaqi sab afsaane hain

— Ibn

sabhi se jab mohabbat chaahte ho
mohabbat kyon nahin karte sabhi se

— Saleem Amrohvi

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

na paak hogaa kabhi husn o ishq kaa jhagDaa
vo qissa hai ye ki jis kaa koi gavaah nahin

— Haidar Ali Aatish

sach ishq mein hain aashiq o maashuq baraabar
jo mushkil-e-majnun hai so hai mushkil-e-lailaa

— Mushafi Ghulam Hamdani

nahin vo sham-e-mohabbat rahi to phir 'aasim'
ye kis duaa se mire ghar mein raushni si hai

— Asim Wasti