main baagh mein huun taalib-e-didaar kisi kaa — Taashshuq Lakhnavi

bahut muzir dil-e-aashiq ko aah hoti hai
isi havaa se ye kashti tabaah hoti hai

— Taashshuq Lakhnavi

mujh se kyaa puchhte ho daagh hain dil mein kitne
tum ko ayyaam-e-judaai kaa shumaar aataa hai

— Taashshuq Lakhnavi

mauj-e-dariyaa se balaa ki chaahiye kashti mujhe
ho jo bilkul naa-muvaafiq vo havaa paidaa karun

— Taashshuq Lakhnavi

dete phirte the hasinon ki gali mein aavaaz
kabhi aaina-farosh-e-dil-e-hairaan ham the

— Taashshuq Lakhnavi

har taraf hashr mein jhankaar hai zanjiron ki
un ki zulfon ke giraftaar chale aate hain

— Taashshuq Lakhnavi

muntazir tere hain chashm-e-khun-fishaan khole hue
baiThe hain dil bechne vaale dukaan khole hue

— Taashshuq Lakhnavi

shaahraahein dafatan shoale ugalne lag gaiin
ghar ki jaanib chal paDaa hai shahr gheraa kar tamaam

— Aabid Adeeb

kuchh phulon ki khaatir bhi kuchh phulon kaa
sab se achchhaa rang churaanaa paDtaa hai

— Nadeem Bhabha

sabza o gul kahaan se aae hain
abr kyaa chiiz hai havaa kyaa hai

— Mirza Ghalib

main tujh se saath bhi to umar bhar kaa chaahtaa thaa
so ab tujh se gilaa bhi umar bhar kaa ho gayaa hai

— Irfan Sattar

qaatil tiri gali bhi badaun se kam nahin
jis ke qadam qadam pe mazaar-e-shahid hai

— Mushafi Ghulam Hamdani

main ne dekhaa hai bahaaron mein chaman ko jalte
hai koi khvaab ki taabir bataane vaalaa

— Ahmad Faraz