Wo sava yaad aaye bhulane ke bad
zindagi badh gai zeher khane ke bad
dil sulagata raha aashiyane ke bad
aag thandi hui ik zamane ke bad
roshni ke liye ghar jalana pada
kaisi zulmat badhi tere jane ke bad
jab na kuch ban pada arz-e-gam ka javab
wo khafa ho gaye muskurane ke bad
dushmanon se pasheman hona pada hai
doston ka khulus aazamane ke bad
bakhsh de ya rab ahal-e-havas ko bahisht
mujh ko kya chahiye tum ko pane ke bad
kaise kaise gile yaad aaye ‘khumar’
un ke aane se qabl un ke jane ke bad
Poet of the Poem / Ghazal or Nazam : Khumar Barabankvi
Tum pucho aur main na bataun aise to halat nahi
ek zara sa dil tuta hai aur to koi baat nahi
kis ko khabar thi sanvale badal bin barase ud jate hain
savan aaya lekin apni qismat mein barsat nahi
mana jivan mein aurat ek bar mohabbat karati hai
lekin mujhko ye to bata de kya tu aurat zat nahi
khatm hua mera afasana ab ye aansu ponch bhi lo
jis mein koi tara chamake aj ke raat wo raat nahi
mere gam-gin hone par ahabab hain yon hairan “qateel”
jaise main pathar hun mere sine mein jazbat nahi
Poet of the Poem / Ghazal or Nazam : Qateel Shifai
Zindagi ka dard lekar inqalab aaya to kya
ek joshida pe gurbat mein shabab aaya to kya
ab to aankhon par gam-e-hasti ke parde pad gaye
ab koi husn-e-mujassim benaqab aaya to kya
khud chale aate to shayad baat ban jati koi
bad tark-e-ashiqi khat ka jawab aaya to kya
muddaton bichde rahe phir bhi gale to mil liye
hum ko sharm aayi to kya un ko hijab aaya to kya
ek tajalli se munawwar kijiye qatl-e-hayat
har tajalli par dil-e-khanakharab aaya to kya
matala-e-hasti ke sazish dekhte hum bhi ‘shakil’
hum ko jab neend aa gayi phir mahatab aaya to kya
Poet of the Poem / Ghazal or Nazam : Shakeel Badayuni
Tum ne ye kya sitam kiya zabt se kam le liya
tark-e-vafa ke bad bhi mera salam le liya
rinda-e-kharab-e-naush ke be-adabi to dekhiye
niyat-e-mayakashi na ke hath mein jam le liya
sehan-e-chaman mein daffatan aake palat gai bahar
ahal-e-junun ne galiban aql se kam leliya
nama-e-shauq pad ke wo kho gaye yak-ba-yak “shakeel”
muh se to kuch na kah sake dil se payam le liya
Poet of the Poem / Ghazal or Nazam : Shakeel Badayuni
Wo thaka hua meri bahon mein zara so gaya tha to kya hua
abhi main ne dekha hai chand bhi kisi shakh-e-gul pe jhuka hua
jise le gai hai abhi hawa wo varaq tha dil ke kitab ka
kaheen aansuon se mita hua kaheen aansuon se likha hua
kai mil ret ko kat kar koi mauj phul khila gai
koi ped pyas se mar raha hai nadi ke pas khada hua
mujhe hadason se saja saja ke bahut hasin bana diya
mera dil bhi jaise dulhan ka hath ho mehandiyon se racha hua
wohi khat ke jis pe jagah jagah do mahakate honton ke chand the
kisi bhule-bisare se taq par tah-e-gard hoga daba hua
vahii shahar hai wohi raste wohi ghar hai aur wohi lan bhi
magar us dariche se puchana wo darakht anar ka kya hua
mere sath jugnu hai hamsafar magar is sharar ke bisat kya
ye charag koi charag hai na jala hua na bujha hua
Poet of the Poem / Ghazal or Nazam : Bashir Badr
Tum ne tahariq mujhe di ki jao dekho
chand taron se pare aur duniyayen hain
tum ne hi mujh se kaha tha ki khabar le aao
mere dil mein waheen jane ke tamanayen hain
aur main chal diya gaur kiya kab is par
kitna mahadud hai insan ke quvvat ka tilism
bas yahi jee ko khayal aaya tumhen khush kar dun
ye na socha ki yun mit jayega rahat ka tilism
aur ab ham-dami-o-ishrat-e-rafta kaise
aah ab duri hai duri hai faqat duri hai
tum kaheen aur main kaheen ab nahi pahali halat
laut ke aa bhi nahi sakata ye hai majboori
meri qismat ki judai tumhen manzur hui
meri qismat ki pasand aayi na meri baten
ab nahi jalvagah-e-khilavat-e-shab afsane
ab to bas tira-o-tarik hai apni raten
Poet of the Poem / Ghazal or Nazam : Miraji
Tum ne dil ke baat kah di aj ye acha hua
hum tumhen apna samajhate the bada dhokha hua
jab bhi hum ne kuch kaha us ka asar ulata hua
aap shayad bhulate hain barha aisa hua
aap ke aankhon mein ye aansu kahan se aa gaye
hum to divane hain lekin aap ko ye kya hua
ab kisi se kya kahen ‘iqbal’ apni dastan
bas khuda ka shukr hai jo bhi hua acha hua
Poet of the Poem / Ghazal or Nazam : Iqbal Azeem
Zinda hun is tarah ki gam-e-zindagi nahi
jalta hua diya hun magar roshani nahi
wo muddaten huin hain kisi se juda hue
lekin ye dil ki aag abhi tak bujhi nahi
aane ko aa chuka tha kinara bhi samane
khud usake pas meri hi nayya gai nahi
hoton ke pas aaye hansi , kya majal hai
dil ka muamala hai koi dillagi nahi
ye chand ye hawa ye fiza, sab hai mand mand
jo tu nahi to in mein koi dil-kashi nahi
Poet of the Poem / Ghazal or Nazam : Behzad Lucknawi
