chashm-e-dilbar ne dil-e-zaar ki dildaari ki — Sheikh Bimar Ali Bakhsh

dam na niklaa yaar ki naa-mehrbaani dekh kar
sakht hairaan huun main apni sakht-jaani dekh kar

— Sheikh Bimar Ali Bakhsh

kaun pursaan hai haal-e-bismil kaa
khalq munh dekhti hai qaatil kaa

— Sheikh Bimar Ali Bakhsh

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

— Khumar Barabankavi

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

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

— Nazeer Akbar Abadi

husn jalva dikhaa gayaa apnaa
ishq baiThaa rahaa udaas kahin

— Saifuddin Saif

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

— Hanif Fauq