pakkaa rasta kachchi saDak aur phir pagDanDi — Saud Usmani

itni siyaah-raat mein itni si raushni
ye chaand vo nahin miraa mahtaab aur hai

— Saud Usmani

vo chaahtaa thaa ki dekhe mujhe bikharte hue
so us kaa jashn ba-sad-ehtimaam main ne kiyaa

— Saud Usmani

kisi alaav kaa shoala bhaDak ke boltaa hai
safar kaThin hai magar ek baar aakhiri baar

— Saud Usmani

barun-e-khaak faqat chand Thekre hain magar
yahaan se shahr mileinge agar khudaai hui

— Saud Usmani

un se bhi meri dosti un se bhi ranjishein
siine mein ek halqa-e-ahbaab aur hai

— Saud Usmani

ye to duniyaa bhi nahin hai ki kinaaraa kar le
tu kahaan jaaegaa ai dil ke sataae hue shakhs

— Saud Usmani

ye aansu ponchh lijiye aur muskuraaiye
chaara nahin hai koi bhi rukhsat kiye baghair

— Nasim Zahid

jab ki pahlu se yaar uThtaa hai
dard be-ikhtiyaar uThtaa hai

— Mir Taqi Mir

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

— Khumar Barabankavi

husn jalva dikhaa gayaa apnaa
ishq baiThaa rahaa udaas kahin

— Saifuddin Saif

ham haal to kah sakte hain apnaa pa kahein kyaa
jab vo idhar aate hain to tanhaa nahin aate

— Nazeer Akbar Abadi

main ne apni palkon par gham-kade sajaae hain
aarzu ke maatam mein sogvaar hasti hai

— Hanif Fauq