miri baaton se ab aazurda na honaa saaqi — Shaikh Zahuruddin Hatim

dil ki lahron kaa tul-o-arz na puchh
kabhu dariyaa kabhu safinaa hai

— Shaikh Zahuruddin Hatim

phaDkun to sar phaTe hai na phaDkun to ji ghaTe
tang is qadar diyaa mujhe sayyaad ne qafas

— Shaikh Zahuruddin Hatim

kabhu bimaar sun kar vo ayaadat ko to aataa thaa
hamein apne bhale hone se vo aazaar behtar thaa

— Shaikh Zahuruddin Hatim

meraa maashuq hai mazon mein bharaa
kabhu miThaa kabhu salonaa hai

— Shaikh Zahuruddin Hatim

dekhun huun tujh ko duur se baiThaa hazaar kos
ainak na chaahiye na yahaan durbin mujhe

— Shaikh Zahuruddin Hatim

bul-havas go karein tere lab-e-shirin par hujum
talkh mat ho ki miThaai se magas aati hai

— Shaikh Zahuruddin Hatim

jinhein ye fikr nahin sar rahe rahe na rahe
vo sach hi kahte hain jab bolne pe aate hain

— Aabid Adeeb

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

— Parveen Shakir

sunaa hai vo mire baare mein sochtaa hai bahut
khabar to hai hi magar mo'tabar zyaada nahin

— Zafar Iqbal

qulzum-e-fikr mein hai kashti-e-imaan saalim
naa-khudaa husn hai aur ishq hai langar apnaa

— Sahir Dehlavi

us ke rukhsaar pe hai aur tire honT pe til
tilmilaane ki ijaazat nahin di jaaegi

— Inayat Ali Khan

be-ilm shaairon kaa gila kyaa hai ai 'munir'
hai ahl-e-ilm ko tiraa tarz-e-bayaan pasand

— Muneer Shikohabadi