suraahi-e-mai-e-naab-o-safina-haa-e-ghazal — 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

gham-e-ayyaam pe yuun khush hain tire divaane
gham-e-ayyaam bhi ik teri adaa ho jaise

— Akbar Ali Khan Arshi Zadah

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

— Akbar Ali Khan Arshi Zadah

na tum hosh mein ho na ham hosh mein hain
chalo mai-kade mein vahin baat hogi

— Bashir Badr

sau fasaad ek ishq mein uTThe
boyaa ik tukhm uge hazaar darakht

— Imdad Ali Bahr

kisi ke zakhm par chaahat se paTTi kaun baandhegaa
agar bahnein nahin hongi to raakhi kaun baandhegaa

— Munawwar Rana

roza-daaraan-e-judaai kuun kham-e-abru-e-yaar
maah-e-id-e-ramazaan thaa mujhe maalum na thaa

— Siraj Aurangabadi

khudaa ke haath hai biknaa na biknaa mai kaa ai saaqi
baraabar masjid-e-jaame ke ham ne ab dukaan rakh di

— Riyaz Khairabadi

zindagi zor hai ravaani kaa
kyaa thamegaa bahaav paani kaa

— Abdul Hamid Adam