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Ghalib, Faiz, Mir, Rumi, Kabir — thousands of voices, millions of verses

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kuchh to apne liye bhi rakhnaa hai
zakhm auron ko kyuun dikhaaein sab
Salman Akhtar
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har ek shaakh pe viraaniyaan musallat hain
badan-darakht bhi goyaa hai aashiyaan-e-shab
Arshad Jamal Sarim
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na sikandar hai na daaraa hai na qaisar hai na jam
be-mahal khaak mein hain qasr banaane vaale
Mirza Raza Barq
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sabhi se jab mohabbat chaahte ho
mohabbat kyon nahin karte sabhi se
Saleem Amrohvi
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dekh ai meri zabun-haali pe hansne vaale
vaqt ki dhuup ne kis darja nikhaaraa mujh ko
Arshad Jamal Sarim
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bahut nazdik aati jaa rahi ho
bichhaDne kaa iraada kar liyaa kyaa
Jaun Elia
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Digriyaan-yaafta hazaaron hain
hain haqiqat mein pass ginti ke
Mukhlis Musavviri
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jab bhi ki tahrir apni daastaan
teri hi tasvir ho kar rah gai
Krishna Mohan
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aadat ke baa'd dard bhi dene lagaa mazaa
hans hans ke aah aah kiye jaa rahaa huun main
Jigar Moradabadi
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vatan ke log sataate the jab vatan mein the
vatan ki yaad sataati hai jab vatan mein nahin
Anjum Manpuri
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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
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gham hai na ab khushi hai na ummid hai na yaas
sab se najaat paae zamaane guzar gae
Khumar Barabankavi
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chhat pe aai ho aaj barson baad
dekh kar chaand Dar na jaae kahin
Haider Allahabadi
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aisi hi intizaar mein lazzat agar na ho
to do ghaDi firaaq mein apni basar na ho
Riyaz Khairabadi
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ek hijrat bhi kam nahin hoti
aankh kis kis ki nam nahin hoti
Aadil Muzaffarpuri
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aql kahti hai dobaara aazmaanaa jahl hai
dil ye kahtaa hai fareb-e-dost khaate jaaiye
Mahirul Qadri
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takallum hi faqat hai us sanam kaa
khudaa ki tarah goyaa be-dahaan hai
Imam Bakhsh Nasikh
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shaagird-e-rashid aap saa huun shaikh-ji saahib
kuchh ilm o amal tum ne na shaitaan mein chhoDaa
Jurat Qalandar Bakhsh
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kyaa jaane shaakh-e-vaqt se kis vaqt gir paDun
maanind-e-barg-e-zard abhi Doltaa huun main
I
Imran
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khud hi jaane lage the aur khud hi
raasta rok kar khaDe hue hain
Ammar Iqbal
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