phuul ko chuum ke gulzaar banaa sakti hai — Shahnawaz Farooqi

kitaab-e-ishq mein saae kaa matlab
dar-o-divaar kaa saaya nahin hai

— Shahnawaz Farooqi

kabhi ye gham thaa ki samjhaa nahin koi ham ko
aur ab ye Dar ki kisi ne samajh liyaa hi na ho

— Shahnawaz Farooqi

judaai se ziyaada jaan-levaa
mohabbat mein mohabbat ki kami hai

— Shahnawaz Farooqi

husn aisaa thaa ki har ik aainaa kam paD gayaa
aaina kyaa umr bhar kaa dekhnaa kam paD gayaa

— Shahnawaz Farooqi

ye jahaan ek tamaashaa hai sabhi kahte hain
tum na hote to ise ham bhi tamaashaa kahte

— Shahnawaz Farooqi

dard thaa haijaan thaa par aankh mein aansu na the
jaise dil tak aate aate haadisa kam paD gayaa

— Shahnawaz Farooqi

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

— Aabid Adeeb

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

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

— Mushafi Ghulam Hamdani

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

— Mirza Ghalib

saare jahaan se achchhaa hindostaan hamaaraa
ham bulbulein hain is ki ye gulsitaan hamaaraa

— Allama Iqbal