ab is ke baad kuchh bhi nahin ikhtiyaar mein — Salim Saleem

main ghaTtaa jaa rahaa huun apne andar
tumhein itnaa ziyaada kar liyaa hai

— Salim Saleem

is dil mein chubhaa rahtaa thaa kaanTe ki tarah vo
ik roz use main ne mohabbat se nikaalaa

— Salim Saleem

kitne bekaar khudaaon ki ibaadat ki hai
aakhiri baar kisi but se shikaayat ki hai

— Salim Saleem

aa rahaa hogaa vo daaman se havaa baandhe hue
aaj khushbu ko pareshaan kiyaa jaaegaa

— Salim Saleem

charaagh-e-ishq badan se lagaa thaa kuchh aisaa
main bujh ke rah gayaa us ko havaa banaane mein

— Salim Saleem

sunaa hai chaand ko uljhaa liyaa hai shaakhon ne
so ab charaagh darichon pe rakh diye jaaein

— Salim Saleem

bil-aakhir thak haar ke yaaro ham ne bhi taslim kiyaa
apni zaat se ishq hai sachchaa baaqi sab afsaane hain

— Ibn

kaabe ko jaataa kis liye hindostaan se main
kis but mein shahr-e-hind ke shaan-e-khudaa na thi

— Rind Lakhnavi

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

— Mir Taqi Mir

khudaa ke haath mein mat saunp saare kaamon ko
badalte vaqt pe kuchh apnaa ikhtiyaar bhi rakh

— Nida Fazli

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

— Ahmad Faraz

dekhe na mujhe kyunkar az-chashm-e-hiqaarat-u
vo sarv-e-javaan yaaro man-faakhta-e-piram

— Nazeer Akbar Abadi