havaa ki zad mein patte ki tarah thaa — Saleem Shahzad

an-kahi kah an-suni baatein sunaa
rah gayaa jo kuchh bhi sochaa soch le

— Saleem Shahzad

zard patte mein koi nuqta-e-sabz
apne hone kaa pataa kaafi hai

— Saleem Shahzad

baaton mein hai us ki zahr thoDaa
thoDaa saa mazaa sharaab jaisaa

— Saleem Shahzad

use pataa hai ki rukti nahin hai chhaanv kabhi
to phir vo abr ko kyuun saaebaan samajhtaa hai

— Saleem Shahzad

aag bhi barsi darakhton par vahin
kaal basti mein jahaan paani kaa thaa

— Saleem Shahzad

vahm o khirad ke maare hain shaayad sab log
dekh rahaa huun shishe ke ghar chaaron or

— Saleem Shahzad

na tum hosh mein ho na ham hosh mein hain
chalo mai-kade mein vahin baat hogi

— Bashir Badr

sau fasaad ek ishq mein uTThe
boyaa ik tukhm uge hazaar darakht

— Imdad Ali Bahr

kisi ke zakhm par chaahat se paTTi kaun baandhegaa
agar bahnein nahin hongi to raakhi kaun baandhegaa

— Munawwar Rana

kahaan milegi misaal meri sitamgari ki
ki main gulaabon ke zakhm kaanTon se si rahaa huun

— Mohsin Naqvi

khair dozakh mein mai mile na mile
shaikh-saahab se jaan to chhuTegi

— Faiz Ahmad Faiz

ye sar-ba-mohr botalein hain jo sharaab ki
raatein hain un mein band hamaari shabaab ki

— Riyaz Khairabadi