ham hain aur majnun azal se khaana-parvard-e-junun — Shah Naseer

juun mauj haath maariye kyaa bahr-e-ishq mein
saahil 'nasir' duur hai aur dam nahin rahaa

— Shah Naseer

gale mein tu ne vahaan motiyon kaa pahnaa haar
yahaan pe ashk-e-musalsal gale kaa haar rahaa

— Shah Naseer

aataa hai to aa vaada-faraamosh vagarna
har roz kaa ye lait-o-laal jaae to achchhaa

— Shah Naseer

mere naale ke na kyuun ho charkh-e-akhzar zer-e-paa
khutba khvaan-e-ishq hai rakhtaa hai mimbar zer-e-paa

— Shah Naseer

mushkil hai rok aah-e-dil-e-daaghdaar ki
kahte hain sau sunaar ki aur ik luhaar ki

— Shah Naseer

tire hi naam ki simran hai mujh ko aur tasbih
tu hi hai vird har ik subh-o-shaam aashiq kaa

— Shah Naseer

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

— Aabid Adeeb

qaatil tiri gali bhi badaun se kam nahin
jis ke qadam qadam pe mazaar-e-shahid hai

— Mushafi Ghulam Hamdani

main tujh se saath bhi to umar bhar kaa chaahtaa thaa
so ab tujh se gilaa bhi umar bhar kaa ho gayaa hai

— Irfan Sattar

kuchh phulon ki khaatir bhi kuchh phulon kaa
sab se achchhaa rang churaanaa paDtaa hai

— Nadeem Bhabha

sabza o gul kahaan se aae hain
abr kyaa chiiz hai havaa kyaa hai

— Mirza Ghalib

jaise ye mez miTTi kaa haathi ye phuul
ek kone mein ham bhi hain rakkhe hue

— Shariq Kaifi