dayaar-e-ghair mein luTte to koi baat na thi — Shahab Lakhnavi

naala-e-bulbul se ghunchon ke kaleje phaT gae
gulsitaan vaale samajhte hain ki gul khandaan hue

— Shahab Lakhnavi

saamne mohabbat ke hech hai siyaasat bhi
jab dimaagh thak jaae dil se kaam le ai dost

— Shahab Lakhnavi

mai-khaana-e-hasti mein muflis ki javaani kyaa
ik laghzish-e-mastaana do-chaar qadam jaise

— Shahab Lakhnavi

kaun ehsaan-e-naa-khudaai le
is se behtar to Duub jaanaa hai

— Shahab Lakhnavi

aur baDhte to khudaai kaa bhi daave karte
khair guzri ki ye but rah gae but-khaane mein

— Shahab Lakhnavi

karo gunaah-e-mohabbat tamaam umr 'shahaab'
khudaa ki di hui neamat buton ke kaam aae

— Shahab Lakhnavi

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

— Mir Taqi Mir

gham hai na ab khushi hai na ummid hai na yaas
sab se najaat paae zamaane guzar gae

— Khumar Barabankavi

ye aansu ponchh lijiye aur muskuraaiye
chaara nahin hai koi bhi rukhsat kiye baghair

— Nasim Zahid

husn jalva dikhaa gayaa apnaa
ishq baiThaa rahaa udaas kahin

— Saifuddin Saif

main ne apni palkon par gham-kade sajaae hain
aarzu ke maatam mein sogvaar hasti hai

— Hanif Fauq

ham haal to kah sakte hain apnaa pa kahein kyaa
jab vo idhar aate hain to tanhaa nahin aate

— Nazeer Akbar Abadi