ruke jis dam vo dam lene to sadr-e-anjuman bolin — Ameerul Islam Hashmi

bahut mushkil thaa jin ko DhunDnaa make-up ke malbe se
so andaaze se un kaa baankpan likhnaa paDaa mujh ko

— Ameerul Islam Hashmi

chhoDaa hai jab se parda mardaa gai hai aurat
radd-o-badal hai kyaa kyaa ye arz phir karungaa

— Ameerul Islam Hashmi

zulekhaaein ba-zid thiin ek yusuf ke liye yaaro
baDi hi garmi-e-baazaar thi kal shab jahaan main thaa

— Ameerul Islam Hashmi

miri majburiyon ne naazuki kaa khuun kar Daalaa
har ik gobhi-badan ko gul-badan likhnaa paDaa mujh ko

— Ameerul Islam Hashmi

pata mushkil se chaltaa hai muzakkar aur muannas kaa
kabhi maalum hotaa hai kabhi maalum hoti hai

— Ameerul Islam Hashmi

hamaari umr ab aisi hai ham siiTi nahin sunte
rukaa karte the khush ho kar kabhi siiTi bajaane par

— Ameerul Islam Hashmi

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

husn jalva dikhaa gayaa apnaa
ishq baiThaa rahaa udaas kahin

— Saifuddin Saif

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

— Hanif Fauq

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

— Nazeer Akbar Abadi