ab talak us ko dhyaan ho meraa — Zubair Ali Tabish

bichhaD kar bhi huun zinda rahne vaalaa
tu hotaa kaun hai ye kahne vaalaa

— Zubair Ali Tabish

is dar kaa ho yaa us dar kaa har patthar patthar hai lekin
kuchh ne meraa sar phoDaa hain kuchh par main ne sar phoDaa hai

— Zubair Ali Tabish

us ke khat raat bhar yuun paDhtaa huun
jaise kal imtihaan ho meraa

— Zubair Ali Tabish

aaj to dil ke dard par hans kar
dard kaa dil dukhaa diyaa main ne

— Zubair Ali Tabish

apnaa kangan samajh rahe ho kyaa
aur kitnaa ghumaaoge mujh ko

— Zubair Ali Tabish

bas main maayus hone vaalaa thaa
aur maulaa ne tujh ko bhej diyaa

— Zubair Ali Tabish

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

— Aabid Adeeb

ret par ik nishaan hai shaayad
ye hamaaraa makaan hai shaayad

— Muzaffar Abdali

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

— Parveen Shakir

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

— Khumar Barabankavi

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

— Aabid Adeeb

ghulaami mein na kaam aati hain shamshirein na tadbirein
jo ho zauq-e-yaqin paidaa to kaT jaati hain zanjirein

— Allama Iqbal