gham-e-ayyaam pe yuun khush hain tire divaane — Akbar Ali Khan Arshi Zadah

suraahi-e-mai-e-naab-o-safina-haa-e-ghazal
ye harf-e-husn-e-muqaddar likhaa hai kis ke liye

— Akbar Ali Khan Arshi Zadah

laao ik lamhe ko apne-aap mein Duub ke dekh aauun
khud mujh mein hi meraa khudaa ho ye bhi to ho saktaa hai

— Akbar Ali Khan Arshi Zadah

isi talaash mein pahunchaa huun ishq tak tere
ki is havaale se paa jaaun main davaam apnaa

— Akbar Ali Khan Arshi Zadah

mere tasavvur ne bakhshi hai tanhaai ko bhi ik mahfil
tu mahfil mahfil tanhaa ho ye bhi to ho saktaa hai

— Akbar Ali Khan Arshi Zadah

ye ik savaal hai shikva nahin gila bhi nahin
mire khudaa tiraa lutf-o-ataa hai kis ke liye

— Akbar Ali Khan Arshi Zadah

yaad ban ke pahlu mein mausamon ke bistar par
karvaTein badalti hain mehrbaaniyaan saari

— Akbar Ali Khan Arshi Zadah

gham hai na ab khushi hai na ummid hai na yaas
sab se najaat paae zamaane guzar gae

— Khumar Barabankavi

jab ki pahlu se yaar uThtaa hai
dard be-ikhtiyaar uThtaa hai

— Mir Taqi Mir

ye aansu ponchh lijiye aur muskuraaiye
chaara nahin hai koi bhi rukhsat kiye baghair

— Nasim Zahid

ham haal to kah sakte hain apnaa pa kahein kyaa
jab vo idhar aate hain to tanhaa nahin aate

— Nazeer Akbar Abadi

main ne apni palkon par gham-kade sajaae hain
aarzu ke maatam mein sogvaar hasti hai

— Hanif Fauq

husn jalva dikhaa gayaa apnaa
ishq baiThaa rahaa udaas kahin

— Saifuddin Saif