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Hazaaron khwahishein aisi ke har khwahish pe dam nikle
Thousands of desires, each worth dying for
— Mirza Ghalib
Bol ke lab aazaad hain tere
Speak, for your lips are free
— Faiz Ahmad Faiz
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kabhi faaslon ki masaafaton pe ubuur ho to ye kah sukun
miraa jurm hasrat-e-qurb hai to yahi kami yahaan sab mein hai
Mukhtar Siddiqui
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vo ik lamha sazaa kaaTi gai thi jis ki khaatir
vo lamha to abhi ham ne guzaara hi nahin thaa
Arshad Jamal Sarim✦ ✦ ✦
kabhi faaslon ki masaafaton pe ubuur ho to ye kah sukun
miraa jurm hasrat-e-qurb hai to yahi kami yahaan sab mein hai
Mukhtar Siddiqui✦ ✦ ✦
vo ik lamha sazaa kaaTi gai thi jis ki khaatir
vo lamha to abhi ham ne guzaara hi nahin thaa
Arshad Jamal Sarim✦ ✦ ✦
aisi khushiyaan to kitaabon mein mileingi shaayad
khatm ab ghar kaa tasavvur hai makaan baaqi hai
Faryad Aazar
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kyaa kyaa pukaarein sisakti dekhin lafzon ke zindaanon mein
chup hi ki talqin kare hai ghairat-mand zamir hamein
Mukhtar Siddiqui✦ ✦ ✦
ab tu darvaaze se apne naam ki takhti utaar
lafz nange ho gae shohrat bhi gaali ho gai
Iqbal Sajid✦ ✦ ✦
main tumhaare shahr ki tahzib se vaaqif na thaa
pattharon se ki nahin thi guftugu pahle kabhi
Sandeep Gupte✦ ✦ ✦
tamaam din mujhe suraj ke saath chalnaa thaa
mire sabab se mire ham-safar pe dhuup rahi
Iqbal Umar✦ ✦ ✦
kuchh aur vus'atein darkaar hain mohabbat ko
visaal-o-hijr pe daar-o-madaar mushkil hai
Jamal Ehsani✦ ✦ ✦
main to har dhuup mein saayon kaa rahaa huun juuyaa
mujh se likhvaai saraabon ki kahaani tum ne
Mukhtar Siddiqui✦ ✦ ✦
tujh se bichhDun to tiri zaat kaa hissa ho jaaun
jis se martaa huun usi zahr se achchhaa ho jaaun
Ahmad Kamal Parwazi✦ ✦ ✦
lohe aur patthar ki saari tasvirein miT jaaeingi
kaaghaz ke parde par ham ne sab ke ruup jamaae hain
Majid✦ ✦ ✦
ham mein baaqi nahin ab khaalid-e-jaan-baaz kaa rang
dil pe ghaalib hai faqat hafiz-e-shiraaz kaa rang
Akbar Allahabadi✦ ✦ ✦
muddaton baa'd kabhi ai nazar aane vaale
iid kaa chaand na dekhaa tiri surat dekhi
Manzar Lakhnavi✦ ✦ ✦
ye vasl ki rut hai ki judaai kaa hai mausam
ye gulshan-e-dil hai ki bayaabaan kahin kaa
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