muddat se aarzu hai khudaa vo ghaDi kare — 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

miri tamannaa hai ab ke tum phir milo to ji bhar ke muskuraaein
ki dekhnaa hai ye raushni kaa safar bahut der baa'd jaa kar

— Jafar Shirazi

us shaan-e-aajizi ke fidaa jis ne 'aarzu'
har naaz har ghurur ke qaabil banaa diyaa

— Arzoo Lakhnavi

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

— Hanif Fauq

hai kahaan tamannaa kaa dusraa qadam yaa-rab
ham ne dasht-e-imkaan ko ek naqsh-e-paa paayaa

— Mirza Ghalib

ik tarz-e-taghaaful hai so vo un ko mubaarak
ik arz-e-tamannaa hai so ham karte raheinge

— Faiz Ahmad Faiz

sab ummidein mire aashob-e-tamannaa tak thiin
bastiyaan ho gaiin gharqaab to dariyaa utraa

— Hasan Abidi