baad marne ke Thikaane lag gai miTTi miri — Mirza Maseeta Beg Muntahi

khud rahm kijiye dil-e-ummid-vaar par
aaphi nikaaliye koi surat nibaah ki

— Mirza Maseeta Beg Muntahi

tere baazaar-e-dahr mein gardun
ham bhi aae hain ik qabaa ke liye

— Mirza Maseeta Beg Muntahi

jalaa kar zaahidon ko mai-kashon ko shaad karte hain
giraa kar masjidon ko mai-kade aabaad karte hain

— Mirza Maseeta Beg Muntahi

piiri hui shabaab se utraa jhaTak gayaa
shaaer huun meraa misra-e-saani laTak gayaa

— Mirza Maseeta Beg Muntahi

asiir kar ke hamein hukm de gayaa sayyaad
qafas ho tang to un ke na baal-o-par rakhnaa

— Mirza Maseeta Beg Muntahi

tohmat-e-jurm-o-khataa hirs-o-havaa ghaflat-e-dil
ham ne baazaar se hasti ke liyaa kyaa kyaa kuchh

— Mirza Maseeta Beg Muntahi

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

baat karnaa pyaar ki aasaan se aasaan hai
ishq karnaa karte rahnaa hai kaThin se bhi kaThin

— Raghvendra Dwivedi

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

— Ahmad Faraz