hum aah bhi karte hain to ho jate hain badnam
wo qatl bhi karte hain to charcha nahin hota
I do suffer slander, when I merely sigh
she gets away with murder, no mention of it nigh
Akbar Allahabadi
yaad-e-mazi azab hai ya-rab
chhin le mujh se hafiza mera
Akhtar Ansari
hazaron sal nargis apni be-nuri pe roti hai
baDi mushkil se hota hai chaman mein dida-war paida
Allama Iqbal
KHudi ko kar buland itna ki har taqdir se pahle
KHuda bande se KHud puchhe bata teri raza kya hai
Allama Iqbal
sare jahan se achchha hindostan hamara
hum bulbulen hain is ki ye gulsitan hamara
Allama Iqbal
ze-haal-e-miskin makun taghaful durae nainan banae batiyan
ki tab-e-hijran nadaram ai jaan na lehu kahe lagae chhatiyan
Ameer Khusrau
hue namwar be-nishan kaise kaise
zamin kha gai aasman kaise kaise
Ameer Minai