apne markaz ki taraf maail-e-parvaaz thaa husn — Mirza Mohammad Hadi Aziz Lakhnavi

shama bujh kar rah gai parvaana jal kar rah gayaa
yaadgaar-e-husn-o-ishq ik daagh dil par rah gayaa

— Mirza Mohammad Hadi Aziz Lakhnavi

nazaa kaa vaqt hai baiThaa hai sirhaane koi
vaqt ab vo hai ki marnaa hamein manzur nahin

— Mirza Mohammad Hadi Aziz Lakhnavi

husn-e-aaraasta qudrat kaa atiyya hai magar
kyaa miraa ishq-e-jigar-soz khudaa-daad nahin

— Mirza Mohammad Hadi Aziz Lakhnavi

ab chaman mein bhi kisi surat se ji lagtaa nahin
haan magar jab tak qafas mein the qafas badnaam thaa

— Mirza Mohammad Hadi Aziz Lakhnavi

usi ko hashr kahte hain jahaan duniyaa ho fariyaadi
yahi ai mir-e-divaan-e-jazaa kyaa teri mahfil hai

— Mirza Mohammad Hadi Aziz Lakhnavi

udaasi ab kisi kaa rang jamne hi nahin deti
kahaan tak phuul barsaae koi gor-e-gharibaan par

— Mirza Mohammad Hadi Aziz Lakhnavi

ret par ik nishaan hai shaayad
ye hamaaraa makaan hai shaayad

— Muzaffar Abdali

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

— Aabid Adeeb

zamaana mujh se judaa ho gayaa zamaana huaa
rahaa hai ab to bichhaDne ko mujh se tu baaqi

— Aabid Adeeb

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

— Parveen Shakir

ghulaami mein na kaam aati hain shamshirein na tadbirein
jo ho zauq-e-yaqin paidaa to kaT jaati hain zanjirein

— Allama Iqbal

kaho kyaa mehrbaan naa-mehrbaan taqdir hoti hai
kahaa maan ki duaaon mein baDi taasir hoti hai

— Anjum Khaleeq