ilm kyaa ilm ki haqiqat kyaa — Yagana Changezi

parda-e-hijr vahi hasti-e-mauhum thi 'yaas'
sach hai pahle nahin maalum thaa ye raaz mujhe

— Yagana Changezi

jaras ne muzhda-e-manzil sunaa ke chaunkaayaa
nikal chalaa thaa dabe paanv kaarvaan apnaa

— Yagana Changezi

ajab kyaa hai ham aise garm-raftaaron ki Thokar se
zamaane ke buland-o-past kaa hamvaar ho jaanaa

— Yagana Changezi

vatan se kyaa ki havaa-e-vatan se hain bezaar
lipaT rahe jo bagulon se dasht-e-ghurbat ke

— Yagana Changezi

maut maangi thi khudaai to nahin maangi thi
le duaa kar chuke ab tark-e-duaa karte hain

— Yagana Changezi

nai zamin nayaa aasmaan nai duniyaa
ajiib shai ye tilism khayaal hotaa hai

— Yagana Changezi

jinhein ye fikr nahin sar rahe rahe na rahe
vo sach hi kahte hain jab bolne pe aate hain

— Aabid Adeeb

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

— Parveen Shakir

tere bin hayaat ki soch bhi gunaah thi
ham qarib-e-jaan tiraa hisaar dekhte rahe

— Quaiser Khalid

qulzum-e-fikr mein hai kashti-e-imaan saalim
naa-khudaa husn hai aur ishq hai langar apnaa

— Sahir Dehlavi

vo ajab ghaDi thi main jis ghaDi liyaa dars nuskha-e-ishq kaa
ki kitaab aql ki taaq par juun dhari thi tyuun hi dhari rahi

— Siraj Aurangabadi

azaab-e-daanish-e-haazir se baa-khabar huun main
ki main is aag mein Daalaa gayaa huun misl-e-khalil

— Allama Iqbal