murda aankhein dekhne se baDh ke vahshat-naak hai — Priyamvada Ilhan

idhar aate un ke qadam dekhte hain
sitam hai ki hai ye karam dekhte hain

— Priyamvada Ilhan

bahut milne se aib dikhte hain kam-kam
bahut dekhte hain jo kam dekhte hain

— Priyamvada Ilhan

ham sahraa vaale hain badraa ye prem ki rim-jhim aur kahin
aanaa hai yahaan to aaiyo tu jam kar jham-jham karne ke liye

— Priyamvada Ilhan

kiije izhaar-e-mohabbat chaahe jo anjaam ho
zindagi mein zindagi jaisaa koi to kaam ho

— Priyamvada Ilhan

jo kahkashaan si nazar aati hain miri aankhein
guzishta shab ke ye aansu hain jo sitaare hue

— Priyamvada Ilhan

dil ko honaa hai fanaa rahnaa hai qaaem aql ko
hasti-e-aadam kahaan jaae ye fitrat chhoD kar

— Priyamvada Ilhan

udaas aankhon se aansu nahin nikalte hain
ye motiyon ki tarah sipiyon mein palte hain

— Bashir Badr

bichhaDnaa bhi tumhaaraa jite-ji ki maut hai goyaa
use kyaa khaak lutf-e-zindagi jis se judaa tum ho

— Muztar Khairabadi

allaah re zauq-e-dasht-navardi ki baad-e-marg
hilte hain khud-ba-khud mire andar kafan ke paanv

— Mirza Ghalib

jiinaa taDap taDap kar marnaa sisak sisak kar
fariyaad ek ji hai kyaa kyaa kharaabiyon mein

— Siraj Aurangabadi

umr-bhar jis ke liye aankhein rahi hain farsh-e-raah
vo ajal kaa qaasid-e-farkhanda-gaam aa hi gayaa

— Rashid Shahjahanpuri

kisi ke ek ishaare mein kis ko kyaa na milaa
bashar ko ziist mili maut ko bahaana milaa

— Fani Badayuni