jinhein haasil hai teraa qurb khush-qismat sahi lekin — Hari Chand Akhtar

ab aap aa gae hain to aataa nahin hai yaad
varna hamein kuchh aap se kahnaa zarur thaa

— Hari Chand Akhtar

jo Thokar hi nahin khaate vo sab kuchh hain magar vaaiz
vo jin ko dast-e-rahmat khud sambhaale aur hote hain

— Hari Chand Akhtar

shabaab aayaa kisi but par fidaa hone kaa vaqt aayaa
miri duniyaa mein bande ke khudaa hone kaa vaqt aayaa

— Hari Chand Akhtar

milegi shaikh ko jannat, hamein dozakh ataa hogaa
bas itni baat hai jis baat par mahshar bapaa hogaa

— Hari Chand Akhtar

rahe do do farishte saath ab insaaf kyaa hogaa
kisi ne kuchh likhaa hogaa kisi ne kuchh likhaa hogaa

— Hari Chand Akhtar

hamein bhi aa paDaa hai doston se kaam kuchh yaani
hamaare doston ke bevafaa hone kaa vaqt aayaa

— Hari Chand Akhtar

miri tamannaa hai ab ke tum phir milo to ji bhar ke muskuraaein
ki dekhnaa hai ye raushni kaa safar bahut der baa'd jaa kar

— Jafar Shirazi

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

— Hanif Fauq

us shaan-e-aajizi ke fidaa jis ne 'aarzu'
har naaz har ghurur ke qaabil banaa diyaa

— Arzoo Lakhnavi

hai kahaan tamannaa kaa dusraa qadam yaa-rab
ham ne dasht-e-imkaan ko ek naqsh-e-paa paayaa

— Mirza Ghalib

chal su-e-gor-e-garibaan ai haris-e-maal-o-zar
dekh kitni aarzuein nazr-e-madfan ho gaiin

— Auj Lakhnavi

bas ek pal ki tamannaa-e-vasl ki khaatir
tamaam 'umr lagaa di gai sanvarne mein

— Wafa Naqvi