harf-e-dushnaam se yuun us ne navaazaa ham ko — 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

bil-aakhir thak haar ke yaaro ham ne bhi taslim kiyaa
apni zaat se ishq hai sachchaa baaqi sab afsaane hain

— Ibn

sabhi se jab mohabbat chaahte ho
mohabbat kyon nahin karte sabhi se

— Saleem Amrohvi

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

na paak hogaa kabhi husn o ishq kaa jhagDaa
vo qissa hai ye ki jis kaa koi gavaah nahin

— Haidar Ali Aatish

kisi se ishq apnaa kyaa chhupaaein
mohabbat Tapki paDti hai nazar se

— Meer Mehdi Majrooh

kin manzilon luTe hain mohabbat ke qaafile
insaan zamin pe aaj gharib-ul-vatan saa hai

— Ada Jafarey