aah ko chahiye ik umr asar hone tak
kon jeeta hai teri zulf ke sar hone tak
aashiqi sabr talab aur tamanna betab
dil ka kya rang karun khun-e-jigar hone tak
hum ne mana ke tagaful na karoge lekin
khak ho jayenge hum tum ko khabar hone tak
gam-e-hasti ka ‘asad’ kis se ho juz marg ilaj
shama har rang mein jalti hai sahar hone tak

husn ko be-hijab hona tha
shauq ko kamayab hona tha
hijr mein kaif-e-iztarab na puch
khun-e-dil bhi sharab hona tha
tere jalvon mein ghir gaya aakhir
zarre ko aafatab hona tha
kuch tumhari nigah kafir thi
kuch mujhe bhi kharab hona tha
raat taron ka tutana bhi ‘majaz’
bais-e-iztarab hona tha

Poet of the Poem / Ghazal or Nazam :Majaz Lucknawi

guzri dinon ke yaad barasati ghata lage
guzarun jo us gali se to thandi hawa lage
mehaman banke aaye kisi roz agar wo shakhs
us roz bin sajaye mera ghar saja lage
main is liye manata nahi vasl ke khushi
mere raqib ke na mujhe baddua lage
wo qahat dosti ka pada hai ki in dinon
jo muskura ke baat kare aashna lage
tark-e-vafa ke bad ye us ke ada ‘qateel’
mujhko sataye koi to us ko bura lage

Poet of the poem/ghazal or Nazam: Qateel Shifai

husn-e-beparavah ko khudbib-o-khudara kar diya
kya kiya main ne ki izahar-e-tamanna kar diya
bad gayin tumase to milakar aur bhi betabiyan
hum ye samajhe the ki ab dil ko shakeba kar diya
padake tera khat mere dil ke ajab halat hui
iztarab-e-shauq ne ek hashr barpa kar diya
hum rahe yan tak teri khidmat mein sargarm-e-nayaz
tujh ko aakhir aashana-e-naz-e-beja kar diya
ab nahi dil ko kisi surat kisi pehlu qarar
is nighat-e-naz ne kya sahir aisa kar diya
ishq se tere bade kya kya dilon ke martabe
mahr zarron ko diya qatron ko dariya kar diya
teri mahafil se uthta gair mujhko kya majal
dekhata tha main ki tune bhi ishara kar diya
sab galat kahate the lutf-e-yar ko wajah-e-sukun
dard-e-dil is ne to ‘hasrat’ aur duna kar diya

Poet of the Poem / Ghazal or Nazam :Hasrat Mohani

gurub-e-sham hi se khud ko yun mahasus karta hun
ki jaise ik diya hun aur hawa ke zad pe rakha hun
chamakati dhup tum apne hi daman mein na bhar lena
main sari raat pedon ke tarah barish mein bhiga hun
koi tuta hua rishta na daman se ulajh jaye
tumhare sath pahali bar bazaron mein nikala hun
ye kis aavaz ka bosa mere honton pe kanpa hai
main pichali shab sadaon ke halavat bhool baitha hun
bichad ke tum se main ne bhi koi sathi nahi dhundha
hujum-e-rahguzar mein dur tak dekho akela hun

Poet of the poem/ghazal or Nazam: Zubair Rizvi

hui takhir to kuch bais-e-takhir bhi tha
aap aate the magar koi inangir na tha
tum se beja hai mujhe apni tabahi ka gila
us mein kuch shaib-e-khubi-e-taqadir bhi tha
tu mujhe bhool gaya ho to pata batala dun
kabhi fitarak mein tere koi nakhchir bhi tha
qaid mein hai tere vahashi ko wohi zulf ke yaad
han kuch ek ranj-e-garanbari-e-zanjir bhi tha
bijli kaund gai aankhon ke aage, to kya
baat karate, ke main lab tashna-e-taqarir bhi tha
yusuf us ko kahun aur kuch na kahe, khair hui
gar bigag baithe to main layaq-e-ta’zir bhi tha
dekh kar gair ko q ho na kaleja thanda
nala karta tha wale talib-e-tasir bhi tha
peshe mein aib nahin, rakhiye na farhad ko naam
hum hi aashufta-saron mein wo jawan ‘meer’ bhi tha
hum the marane ko khade pas na aaya na sahi
aakhir us shaukh ke tarakash mein koi tir bhi tha
pakade jate hain farishton ke likhe par nahak
aadmi koi hamara dam-e-taharir bhi tha
rekhta ke tumhin ustad nahi ho “ghalib”
kahate hain agale zamane mein koi ‘mir’ bhi tha

 
Poet of the Poem / Ghazal or Nazam : Mirza Ghalib

Ibadat karte hain jo log jannat ke tamanna mein
ibadat to nahi hai ik tarah ke wo tijarat hai
jo dar ke nar-e-dozakh se khuda ka naam lete hain
ibadat kya wo khali buzadilana ek khidamat hai
magar jab shukr-e-ne’mat mein jabin jhukati hai bande ke
wo sachi bandagi hai ik sharifana ita’at hai
kuchal de hasaraton ko beniyaz-e-mudd’a ho ja
khudi ko jhad de daman se mard-e-bakhuda ho ja
utha leti hain laharen tahanashin hota hai jab koi
ubharana hai to garq-e-bahr-e-fana ho ja

Poet of the Poem / Ghazal or Nazam : Josh Malihabadi

main kachi neend mein hun
aur apne nimkhvabida tanaffus mein utarati
chandani ke chap sunati hun
guman hai
aj bhi shayad
mere mathe pe tere lab
sitare sabat karte hain

Poet of the poem/ghazal or Nazam: Parveen Shakir