nazr-e-gham shaayad har ashk-e-khun-chakaan karnaa paDe — Siraj Lakhnavi

sajda-e-ishq pe tanqid na kar ai vaaiz
dekh maathe pe abhi chaand numaayaan hogaa

— Siraj Lakhnavi

na mohtasib ki khushaamad na mai-kade kaa tavaaf
khudi mein mast huun apni bahaar mein gum huun

— Siraj Lakhnavi

qafas bhi bigDi hui shakl hai nasheman ki
ye ghar jo phir se sanvar jaae aashiyaan ho jaae

— Siraj Lakhnavi

har ashk-e-surkh hai daamaan-e-shab mein aag kaa phuul
baghair shama ke bhi jal rahe hain parvaane

— Siraj Lakhnavi

abhi rakkhaa rahne do taaq par yunhi aaftaab kaa aaina
ki abhi to meri nigaah mein vahi meraa maah-e-tamaam hai

— Siraj Lakhnavi

Takraaun kyuun zamaane se kyaa faaeda 'siraaj'
khud apne raaste se haTaa jaa rahaa huun main

— Siraj Lakhnavi

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

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

— Hanif Fauq

husn jalva dikhaa gayaa apnaa
ishq baiThaa rahaa udaas kahin

— Saifuddin Saif