bas ek baar kisi ne gale lagaayaa thaa — Zafar Iqbal

hamaaraa ishq ravaan hai rukaavaTon mein 'zafar'
ye khvaab hai kisi divaar se nahin ruktaa

— Zafar Iqbal

havaa shaakhon mein rukne aur ulajhne ko hai is lamhe
guzarte baadalon mein chaand haail hone vaalaa hai

— Zafar Iqbal

sunaa hai vo mire baare mein sochtaa hai bahut
khabar to hai hi magar mo'tabar zyaada nahin

— Zafar Iqbal

mujhe kharaab kiyaa us ne haan kiyaa hogaa
usi se puchhiye mujh ko khabar ziyaada nahin

— Zafar Iqbal

tanhaa rahne mein bhi koi uzr nahin hai
lekin us ke saath hi tanhaa rah saktaa huun

— Zafar Iqbal

ik dhuup si tani hui baadal ke aar-paar
ik pyaas hai ruki hui jharne ke baavajud

— Zafar Iqbal

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

— Aabid Adeeb

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

— Mushafi Ghulam Hamdani

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

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

— Mirza Ghalib

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

— Nadeem Bhabha

khizaan kaa bhes banaa kar bahaar ne maaraa
mujhe do-rangi-e-lail-o-nahaar ne maaraa

— Arzoo Lakhnavi