main jangalon mein darindon ke saath rahtaa rahaa — Aftab Shamsi

tufaan ki zad mein the khayaalon ke safine
main ulTaa samundar ki taraf bhaag rahaa thaa

— Aftab Shamsi

jo saath laae the ghar se vo kho gayaa hai kahin
iraada varna hamaaraa bhi vaapsi kaa thaa

— Aftab Shamsi

dekh kar us ko lagaa jaise kahin ho dekhaa
yaad bilkul nahin aayaa mujhe ghanTon sochaa

— Aftab Shamsi

sabhi hain apne magar ajnabi se lagte hain
ye zindagi hai ki hotel mein shab guzaari hai

— Aftab Shamsi

jo dil mein hai vahi baahar dikhaai detaa hai
ab aar-paar ye patthar dikhaai detaa hai

— Aftab Shamsi

naam apnaa hi main sab se khaDaa puchh rahaa thaa
kuchh meri samajh mein nahin aayaa ki ye kyaa thaa

— Aftab Shamsi

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

— Aabid Adeeb

qaatil tiri gali bhi badaun se kam nahin
jis ke qadam qadam pe mazaar-e-shahid hai

— Mushafi Ghulam Hamdani

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

sabza o gul kahaan se aae hain
abr kyaa chiiz hai havaa kyaa hai

— Mirza Ghalib

kuchh phulon ki khaatir bhi kuchh phulon kaa
sab se achchhaa rang churaanaa paDtaa hai

— Nadeem Bhabha

kahaan milegi misaal meri sitamgari ki
ki main gulaabon ke zakhm kaanTon se si rahaa huun

— Mohsin Naqvi