faqat mal-o-zar-e-diwar-o-dar achchha nahin lagta
jahan bachche nahin hote wo ghar achchha nahin lagta
Abbas Tabish
achpan mein hum hi the ya tha aur koi
wahshat si hone lagti hai yaadon se
Abdul Ahad Saaz
chup-chap baiThe rahte hain kuchh bolte nahin
bachche bigaD gae hain bahut dekh-bhaal se
Adil Mansuri
uDne do parindon ko abhi shoKH hawa mein
phir lauT ke bachpan ke zamane nahin aate
Bashir Badr
huk chehron pe liye chand se pyare bachche
bechte phirte hain galiyon mein ghubare bachche
Bedil Haidri
duaen yaad kara di gai thin bachpan mein
so zaKHm khate rahe aur dua diye gae hum
Iftikhar Arif
'jamal' har shahr se hai pyara wo shahr mujh ko
jahan se dekha tha pahli bar aasman main ne
Jamal Ehsani