aql mein jo ghir gayaa laa-intihaa kyunkar huaa — Akbar Allahabadi

leaderi chaaho to lafz-e-qaum hai mehmaan-navaaz
gap-navison ko aur ahl-e-mez ko raazi karo

— Akbar Allahabadi

dukhtar-e-raz ne uThaa rakkhi hai aafat sar par
khairiyat guzri ki angur ke beTaa na huaa

— Akbar Allahabadi

log kahte hain badaltaa hai zamaana sab ko
mard vo hain jo zamaane ko badal dete hain

— Akbar Allahabadi

shaikh apni rag ko kyaa karein reshe ko kyaa karein
mazhab ke jhagDe chhoDein to peshe ko kyaa karein

— Akbar Allahabadi

jis taraf uTh gai hain aahein hain
chashm-e-bad-dur kyaa nigaahein hain

— Akbar Allahabadi

ham aisi kul kitaabein qaabil-e-zabti samajhte hain
ki jin ko paDh ke laDke baap ko khabti samajhte hain

— Akbar Allahabadi

vo na aaegaa hamein maalum thaa is shaam bhi
intizaar us kaa magar kuchh soch kar karte rahe

— Parveen Shakir

jinhein ye fikr nahin sar rahe rahe na rahe
vo sach hi kahte hain jab bolne pe aate hain

— Aabid Adeeb

gulaabon ke honTon pe lab rakh rahaa huun
use der tak sochnaa chaahtaa huun

— Zubair Rizvi

sunaa hai vo mire baare mein sochtaa hai bahut
khabar to hai hi magar mo'tabar zyaada nahin

— Zafar Iqbal

us ko sochun to dhyaan mein mere
khushbu aati hai pahli baarish ki

— Vibha Jain 'Khwaab'

jab bhi ye sochne lagtaa huun ki kaun apnaa hai
zehn mein aa ke kai naam nikal jaate hain

— Abdul Wahab Sukhan