badan mein dil thaa muallaq khalaa mein nazrein thiin — Tauqeer Taqi

kal jahaan divaar hi divaar thi
ab vahaan dar hai jabin hai ishq hai

— Tauqeer Taqi

yahin aanaa hai bhaTakti hui aavaazon ko
yaani kuchh baat to hai koh-e-nidaa mein aisi

— Tauqeer Taqi

ab zamaane mein mohabbat hai tamaashe ki tarah
is tamaashe se bahaltaa nahin tu bhi main bhi

— Tauqeer Taqi

daaman bachaa rahe the ki chehra bhi jal gayaa
kis aag se guzar ke tiri raushni mein aae

— Tauqeer Taqi

hijr thaa baar-e-amaanat ki tarah
so ye gham aakhiri hichki se uThaa

— Tauqeer Taqi

lafz ki qaid se rihaa ho jaa
aa miri aankh se adaa ho jaa

— Tauqeer Taqi

ye aansu ponchh lijiye aur muskuraaiye
chaara nahin hai koi bhi rukhsat kiye baghair

— Nasim Zahid

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

— Khumar Barabankavi

jab ki pahlu se yaar uThtaa hai
dard be-ikhtiyaar uThtaa hai

— Mir Taqi Mir

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

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

— Nazeer Akbar Abadi