sazaa-e-maut pe fariyaad se to behtar hai — Afzal Khan

ye kah diyaa hai mire aansuon ne tang aa kar
hamein ba-vaqt-e-zarurat nikaaliye saahab

— Afzal Khan

ye nukta ik qissa-go ne mujh ko samjhaayaa
har kirdaar ke andar ek kahaani hoti hai

— Afzal Khan

daalaan mein sabza hai na taalaab mein paani
kyuun koi parinda miri divaar pe utre

— Afzal Khan

zaraa ye dusraa misraa durust farmaaein
mire makaan pe likkhaa hai ghar baraae-farokht

— Afzal Khan

bhaav taao mein kami beshi nahin ho sakti
haan magar tujh se kharidaar ko naa kaise ho

— Afzal Khan

isi liye hamein ehsaas-e-jurm hai shaayad
abhi hamaari mohabbat nai nai hai naa

— Afzal Khan

shama bujh kar rah gai parvaana jal kar rah gayaa
yaadgaar-e-husn-o-ishq ik daagh dil par rah gayaa

— Mirza Mohammad Hadi Aziz Lakhnavi

mere khvaabon ke jharokon ko sajaate rahiye
na sahi vasl magar yaad to aate rahiye

— Jatinder Vir Yakhmi Jayaveer

yaad aai hai to phir TuuT ke yaad aai hai
koi guzri hui manzil koi bhuli hui dost

— Ahmad Faraz

koi viraani si viraani hai
dasht ko dekh ke ghar yaad aayaa

— Mirza Ghalib

kaun suntaa hai bhikaari ki sadaaein is liye
kuchh zarifaana latife yaad kar lete hain ham

— Wamiq Jaunpuri

aadhi se ziyaada shab-e-gham kaaT chukaa huun
ab bhi agar aa jaao to ye raat baDi hai

— Saqib Lakhnavi