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suraj huun chamakne kaa bhi haq chaahiye mujh ko
main kohr mein lipTaa huun shafaq chaahiye mujh ko
Iqbal Sajid
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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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gham hai na ab khushi hai na ummid hai na yaas
sab se najaat paae zamaane guzar gae
Khumar Barabankavi
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maarka garm to ho lene do khun-rezi kaa
pahle shamshir ke niche hamin jaa baiTheinge
Mir Taqi Mir
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ai sanam vasl ki tadbiron se kyaa hotaa hai
vahi hotaa hai jo manzur-e-khudaa hotaa hai
Mirza Raza Barq
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tu dariyaa hai to hogaa haan magar itnaa samajh lenaa
tire jaise kai dariyaa miri aankhon mein rahte hain
Nafas Ambalvi
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zamin ki god mein itnaa sukun thaa 'anjum'
ki jo gayaa vo safar ki thakaan bhuul gayaa
Anjum Khaleeq
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zinda ikaTThe ho rahe hain
lagtaa hai koi mar gayaa hai
Sarfraz Zahid
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ek hijrat bhi kam nahin hoti
aankh kis kis ki nam nahin hoti
Aadil Muzaffarpuri
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ab aadmi kuchh aur hamaari nazar mein hai
jab se sunaa hai yaar libaas-e-bashar mein hai
Bedam Shah Warsi
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bahut nazdik aati jaa rahi ho
bichhaDne kaa iraada kar liyaa kyaa
Jaun Elia
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'aslam' baDe vaqaar se degrē vasul ki
aur is ke baa'd shahr mein khvaancha lagaa liyaa
Aslam Kolsarii
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intizaar aur dastakon ke darmiyaan kaTti hai umr
itni aasaani se to baab-e-hunar khultaa nahin
Saleem Kausar
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ham jo pahle kahin mile hote
aur hi apne silsile hote
Salman Akhtar
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shor din ko nahin sone detaa
shab ko sannaaTaa jagaa detaa hai
Saifuddin Saif
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ab tu darvaaze se apne naam ki takhti utaar
lafz nange ho gae shohrat bhi gaali ho gai
Iqbal Sajid
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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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marte hain aarzu mein marne ki
maut aati hai par nahin aati
Mirza Ghalib
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aisaa nahin ki main koi gumnaam shakhs huun
sab jaante hain mujh ko main ik ‘aam shakhs huun
Aadil Muzaffarpuri
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aisi duniyaa mein kab tak guzaaraa karein tum hi kah do ki kaise gavaaraa karein
raat mujh se miri bebasi ne kahaa bebasi ke liye ek taaza ghazal
Irfan Sattar
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