labon par tabassum to aankhon mein aansu thi dhuup ek pal mein to ik p — Akbar Hyderabadi

charaagh-e-raahguzar laakh taabnaak sahi
jalaa ke apnaa diyaa raushni makaan mein laa

— Akbar Hyderabadi

raste hi mein ho jaati hain baatein bas do-chaar
ab to un ke ghar bhi jaanaa kam kam hotaa hai

— Akbar Hyderabadi

dil dabaa jaataa hai kitnaa aaj gham ke baar se
kaisi tanhaai Tapakti hai dar o divaar se

— Akbar Hyderabadi

rut badli to zamin ke chehre kaa ghaaza bhi badlaa
rang magar khud aasmaan ne badle kaise kaise

— Akbar Hyderabadi

pahunch ke jo sar-e-manzil bichhaD gayaa mujh se
vo ham-safar thaa magar ham-nazar na thaa meraa

— Akbar Hyderabadi

miri shikast bhi thi meri zaat se mansub
ki meri fikr kaa har faisla shuuri thaa

— Akbar Hyderabadi

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

— Nasim Zahid

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

— Mir Taqi Mir

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

— Khumar Barabankavi

husn jalva dikhaa gayaa apnaa
ishq baiThaa rahaa udaas kahin

— Saifuddin Saif

intihaa ke qarib hai duniyaa
aadmi aakhiri sadi kaa huun

— Zubair Khayali

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

— Hanif Fauq