dil ki har baat kah gae aansu — Syed Basit Hussain Mahir Lakhnavi

hamein to yaad nahin koi lamha-e-ishrat
kabhi tumhin ne kisi din hansaa diyaa hogaa

— Syed Basit Hussain Mahir Lakhnavi

dekh kar kaali ghaTaa ahl-e-qafas
aur kyaa karte taDap kar rah gae

— Syed Basit Hussain Mahir Lakhnavi

phirti hai to phir jaae badalti hai to badle
duniyaa ki nazar hai miri qismat to nahin hai

— Syed Basit Hussain Mahir Lakhnavi

tark-e-ulfat se mohabbat kaa likhaa miT na sakaa
vahi afsurdagi-e-shaam-o-sahar aaj bhi hai

— Syed Basit Hussain Mahir Lakhnavi

kamar baandho muqaddar ke sahaare baiThne vaalo
shikast-e-razm se raahon kaa pech-o-kham na badlegaa

— Syed Basit Hussain Mahir 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

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

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

— Nazeer Akbar Abadi