ik raat us ke haath pe aansu giraa ke dekh — Mahmood Ahmad Hashmi

zulm bhi sharmaa rahaa hai adl ki mizaan se
kuud jaanaa chaahiye minaar-e-paakistaan se

— Mahmood Ahmad Hashmi

aisaa kahaan ye zaaiqa gandum ke paas hai
roTi mein maan ke haath ki shaamil miThaas hai

— Mahmood Ahmad Hashmi

miri vafaa mein kami hai to mujh se baat kare
use kaho ki vo aae muzaakaraat kare

— Mahmood Ahmad Hashmi

raae kyaa qaaem kareinge ajnabi us shahr mein
rasta batlaae jahaan par ek andhaa aadmi

— Mahmood Ahmad Hashmi

pahle soyaa kartaa thaa 'mahmud' lambi taan kar
phir shuur aataa gayaa aur ratjage baDhte gae

— Mahmood Ahmad Hashmi

miri tarah se shajar bhi hain baaghiyaana mizaaj
jahaan se kaaTe gae the vahin se ug aae

— Mahmood Ahmad Hashmi

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

— Mir Taqi Mir

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

— Khumar Barabankavi

ye aansu ponchh lijiye aur muskuraaiye
chaara nahin hai koi bhi rukhsat kiye baghair

— Nasim Zahid

ham haal to kah sakte hain apnaa pa kahein kyaa
jab vo idhar aate hain to tanhaa nahin aate

— Nazeer Akbar Abadi

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

— Hanif Fauq

husn jalva dikhaa gayaa apnaa
ishq baiThaa rahaa udaas kahin

— Saifuddin Saif