har ek haath mein hathyaar hon jahaan 'aarif' — Arif Shafiq

jab koi ahm faisla karnaa
apne bachchon se mashvara karnaa

— Arif Shafiq

yaqin ab ho gayaa main sach huun 'aarif
jabhi duniyaa mujhe jhuTlaa rahi hai

— Arif Shafiq

gharib-e-shahr to faaqe se mar gayaa 'aarif'
amir-e-shahr ne hiire se khud-kushi kar li

— Arif Shafiq

andhe adam vajud ke girdaab se nikal
ye zindagi bhi khvaab hai tu khvaab se nikal

— Arif Shafiq

'aarif vo faisle ki ghaDi bhi 'ajib thi
dil ko sanbhaalnaa paDaa mizaan ki tarah

— Arif Shafiq

mujhe khudaa ne vo bakhshaa hai shaa'iri kaa hunar
jo khvaab dekhtaa huun vo dikhaa bhi saktaa huun

— Arif Shafiq

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

— Ibn

kaabe ko jaataa kis liye hindostaan se main
kis but mein shahr-e-hind ke shaan-e-khudaa na thi

— Rind Lakhnavi

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

— Mir Taqi Mir

dekhe na mujhe kyunkar az-chashm-e-hiqaarat-u
vo sarv-e-javaan yaaro man-faakhta-e-piram

— Nazeer Akbar Abadi

baat karnaa pyaar ki aasaan se aasaan hai
ishq karnaa karte rahnaa hai kaThin se bhi kaThin

— Raghvendra Dwivedi

yaad aai hai to phir TuuT ke yaad aai hai
koi guzri hui manzil koi bhuli hui dost

— Ahmad Faraz