ajiib log the khaamosh rah ke jiite the — Zubair Rizvi

gulaabon ke honTon pe lab rakh rahaa huun
use der tak sochnaa chaahtaa huun

— Zubair Rizvi

surkhiyaan akhbaar ki galiyon mein ghul karti rahin
log apne band kamron mein paDe sote rahe

— Zubair Rizvi

auraton ki aankhon par kaale kaale chashme the sab ki sab barahana thiin
zaahidon ne jab dekhaa saahilon kaa ye manzar likh diyaa gunaahon mein

— Zubair Rizvi

sukhan ke kuchh to guhar main bhi nazr kartaa chalun
ajab nahin ki karein yaad maah o saal mujhe

— Zubair Rizvi

zindagi jin ki rifaaqat pe bahut naazaan thi
un se bichhDi to koi aankh mein aansu bhi nahin

— Zubair Rizvi

ye lamha lamha takalluf ke TuTte rishte
na itne paas mire aa ki tu puraanaa lage

— Zubair Rizvi

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

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

— Nasim Zahid

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