jo dekhiye to zamaana hai tez-rau kitnaa — Athar Nadir

kis darja mire shahr ki dilkash hai fazaa bhi
maanus har ik chiiz hai miTTi bhi havaa bhi

— Athar Nadir

dekho to har ik rang se miltaa hai miraa rang
socho to har ik baat hai auron se judaa bhi

— Athar Nadir

raat aangan mein chaand utraa thaa
tum mile the ki khvaab dekhaa thaa

— Athar Nadir

gham-gusaari ke liye ab nahin aataa hai koi
zakhm bhar jaane kaa imkaan na huaa thaa so huaa

— Athar Nadir

ab aa bhi jaao ki ik dusre mein gum ho jaaein
visaal-o-hijr kaa qissa bahut puraanaa huaa

— Athar Nadir

aadmi kaa amal se rishta hai
kaam aataa nahin nasab kuchh bhi

— Athar Nadir

shaahraahein dafatan shoale ugalne lag gaiin
ghar ki jaanib chal paDaa hai shahr gheraa kar tamaam

— Aabid Adeeb

ret par ik nishaan hai shaayad
ye hamaaraa makaan hai shaayad

— Muzaffar Abdali

pyaaso raho na dasht mein baarish ke muntazir
maaro zamin pe paanv ki paani nikal paDe

— Iqbal Sajid

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

— Parveen Shakir

aasmaan jhaank rahaa hai 'khaalid'
chaand kamre mein mire utraa hai

— Khalid Sharif

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

— Khumar Barabankavi