tire abru-e-pevasta kaa aalam mein fasaana hai — Haidar Ali Aatish

na paak hogaa kabhi husn o ishq kaa jhagDaa
vo qissa hai ye ki jis kaa koi gavaah nahin

— Haidar Ali Aatish

main us gulshan kaa bulbul huun bahaar aane nahin paati
ki sayyaad aan kar meraa gulistaan mol lete hain

— Haidar Ali Aatish

ajab teri hai ai mahbub surat
nazar se gir gae sab khubsurat

— Haidar Ali Aatish

us gul-badan ki bu-e-badan kuchh na puchhiye
band-e-qabaa jo khol diye ghar mahak gayaa

— Haidar Ali Aatish

uTh gai hain saamne se kaisi kaisi suratein
roiye kis ke liye kis kis kaa maatam kijiye

— Haidar Ali Aatish

ye aarzu thi tujhe gul ke ru-ba-ru karte
ham aur bulbul-e-betaab guftugu karte

— Haidar Ali Aatish

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

— Iqbal Sajid

chaand ne taan li hai chaadar-e-abr
ab vo kapDe badal rahi hogi

— Jaun Elia

havaa shaakhon mein rukne aur ulajhne ko hai is lamhe
guzarte baadalon mein chaand haail hone vaalaa hai

— Zafar Iqbal

sach ishq mein hain aashiq o maashuq baraabar
jo mushkil-e-majnun hai so hai mushkil-e-lailaa

— Mushafi Ghulam Hamdani

sabza o gul kahaan se aae hain
abr kyaa chiiz hai havaa kyaa hai

— Mirza Ghalib

mar gae pyaas ke maare to uThaa abr-e-karam
bujh gai bazm to ab shama jalaataa kyaa hai

— Ahmad Faraz