dil KHush hua hai masjid-e-viran ko dekh kar
meri tarah KHuda ka bhi KHana KHarab hai
seeing the mosque deserted was to me a source of glee
his house too was desolate, just the same as me
Abdul Hamid Adam
suna ye hai bana karte hain joDe aasmanon par
to ye samjhen ki har biwi bala-e-asmani hai
Ahmad Alvi
aashiqi ka ho bura us ne bigaDe sare kaam
hum to ab mein rahe aghyar ba ho gae
Akbar Allahabadi
hum aisi kul kitaben qabil-e-zabti samajhte hain
ki jin ko paDh ke laDke bap ko KHabti samajhte hain
we do deem all those books fit for confiscation
that sons read and think their fathe
Akbar Allahabadi
hum kya kahen ahbab kya kar-e-numayan kar gae
BA hue naukar hue pension mili phir mar gae
Akbar Allahabadi
hue is qadar mohazzab kabhi ghar ka munh na dekha
kaTi umr hoTalon mein mare aspatal ja kar
stayed away from home, on being so gentrified
spent ones life in hotels, in hospitals then died
Akbar Allahabadi
leaderon ki dhum hai aur follower koi nahin
sab to general hain yahan aaKHir sipahi kaun hai
Akbar Allahabadi