dost-daari ke saliqe se bahut vaaqif huun — Asim Nadeem Asi

ik yaqin-parvar gumaan aur ik hayaat-aamez khvaab
jaise koi aaegaa aur uljhanein le jaaegaa

— Asim Nadeem Asi

hamaaraa jism to phir jism Thahraa
daraaDein aib hain divaar mein bhi

— Asim Nadeem Asi

jal rahaa hai jo lab-e-baam abhi ek charaagh
bujh gayaa ye bhi to phir raat mukammal hogi

— Asim Nadeem Asi

zamin ke maalik-o-mukhtaar ki sunnat samajh kar
khaDaavein pahn liin aur bakriyaan rakkhi hui hain

— Asim Nadeem Asi

hamaari kaarobaari zindagi kaa kul asaasa
ye kuchh sikke hain aur kuchh parchiyaan rakkhi hui hain

— Asim Nadeem Asi

tapte sahraa khuun piyeinge chaDhtaa suraj Dhal jaaegaa
baiThi hui hai jis mein sakina aaj vo khema jal jaaegaa

— Asim Nadeem Asi

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

— Ibn

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

— Mir Taqi Mir

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

— Rind Lakhnavi

khudaa ke haath mein mat saunp saare kaamon ko
badalte vaqt pe kuchh apnaa ikhtiyaar bhi rakh

— Nida Fazli

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

— Ahmad Faraz

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

— Nazeer Akbar Abadi