jo ye hindostan nahin hota
to ye urdu zaban nahin hoti
Abdul Salam
wo kare baat to har lafz se KHushbu aae
aisi boli wahi bole jise urdu aae
Ahmad Wasi
Dal de jaan maani mein wo urdu ye hai
karwaTen lene lage taba wo pahlu ye hai
Akbar Allahabadi
shahd-o-shakar se shirin urdu zaban hamari
hoti hai jis ke bole miThi zaban hamari
Altaf Hussain Hali
'mulla' bana diya hai ise bhi mahaz-e-jang
ek sulh ka payam thi urdu zaban kabhi
Anand Narayan Mulla
jo dil bandhe wo jadu jaanta hai
mera mahbub urdu jaanta hai
Anis Dehlavi
han mujhe urdu hai punjabi se bhi baDh kar aziz
shukr hai 'anwar' meri sochen ilaqai nahin
Anwar Masood