tiri baat laave jo paighaam-bar — Taban Abdul Hai

havaa bhi ishq ki lagne na detaa main use hargiz
agar is dil pe hotaa haae kuchh bhi ikhtiyaar apnaa

— Taban Abdul Hai

buraa na maaniyo main puchhtaa huun ai zaalim
ki be-kason ke sataae se kuchh bhalaa bhi hai

— Taban Abdul Hai

aataa nahin vo yaar-e-sitamgar to kyaa huaa
koi gham to us kaa dil se hamaare judaa nahin

— Taban Abdul Hai

aaine ko tiri surat se na ho kyuun kar hairat
dar o divaar tujhe dekh ke hairaan hai aaj

— Taban Abdul Hai

imaan o diin se 'taabaan' kuchh kaam nahin hai ham ko
saaqi ho aur mai ho duniyaa ho aur ham hon

— Taban Abdul Hai

le meri khabar chashm mire yaar ki kyun-kar
bimaar ayaadat kare bimaar ki kyun-kar

— Taban Abdul Hai

ret par ik nishaan hai shaayad
ye hamaaraa makaan hai shaayad

— Muzaffar Abdali

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

— Aabid Adeeb

vo na aaegaa hamein maalum thaa is shaam bhi
intizaar us kaa magar kuchh soch kar karte rahe

— Parveen Shakir

zamaana mujh se judaa ho gayaa zamaana huaa
rahaa hai ab to bichhaDne ko mujh se tu baaqi

— Aabid Adeeb

pyaaso raho na dasht mein baarish ke muntazir
maaro zamin pe paanv ki paani nikal paDe

— Iqbal Sajid

kaho kyaa mehrbaan naa-mehrbaan taqdir hoti hai
kahaa maan ki duaaon mein baDi taasir hoti hai

— Anjum Khaleeq