kya sarokar ab kisi se mujhe
vasta tha to tha tujhi se mujhe
behisi ka bhi ab nahi ehasas
kya hua teri berukhi se mujhe
maut ke aarzoo bhi kar dekhun
kya ummiden thi zindagi se mujhe
phir kisi par na aitabar aaye
yun utaro na apne jee se mujhe
tera gham bhi na ho to kya jina
kuch tasalli hai dard hi se mujhe
kar gaye kis qadar tabah ‘zia’
dushman, andaz-e-dosti se mujhe

Poet of the poem/ghazal or Nazam: Zia Jalandhari

kya umeed kare hum un se jin ko wafa malum nahi
gham dena malum hai lekin gham ke dawa malum nahi
jin ke gali mein umr ganva di jivan bhar hairan rahe
pas bhi aake pas na aaye jan ke bhi anjan rahe
kon si aakhir ke thi hum ne aisi khata malum nahi
ae mere pagal armanon jhuthe bandhan tod bhi do
ae meri zakhmi ummidon dil ka daman chod bhi do
tum ko abhi is nagari mein jine ke saza malum nahi

Poet of the poem/ghazal or Nazam: Zafar Gorakhpuri

kya ye bhi zindagi hai ki rahat kabhi na ho
aisi bhi to kisi se mohabbat kabhi na ho
wada zarur karte hain aate nahi kabhi
phir ye bhi chahate hain shikayat kabhi na ho
sham-e-visal bhi ye tagaful ye berukhi
teri raza hai mujhko masarrat kabhi na ho
ahabab ne diye hain mujhe kis tarah fareb
mujhasa bhi koi sada tabiyat kabhi na ho
lab to ye kah rahe hain ke uth, badh ke choom le
aankhon ka ye ishara ke jurr’at kabhi na ho
dil chahata hai phir wohi fursat ke raat din
mujhko to tere khayal se fursat kabhi na ho

Poet of the poem/ghazal or Nazam: Krishna Mohan

kyon hijr ke shikave karta hai kyon dard ke rone rota hai
ab ishq kiya hai to sabr bhi kar is mein to yahi kuch hota hai
aagaz-e-musibat hota hai apne hi dil ke shararat se
aankhon mein phul khilata hai talavon mein kanten bota hai
ahabab ka shikwa kya kijiye khud zahir va batin ek nahi
lab upar upar hanste hain dil andar andar rota hai
mALLAHon ko ilzam na do tum sahil wale kya janon
ye tufan kon uthta hai ye kishti kon dubota hai
kya jane kya ye khoyega kya jane kya ye payega
mandir ka pujari jagata hai masjid ka namazi sota hai

Poet of the poem/ghazal or Nazam: Hafeez Jullundhri

kyonkar us but se rakhun jan aziz
kya nahi hai mujhe iman aziz
dil se nikala pa na nikala dil se
hai tere tir ka paikan aziz
tab laye hi banegi ‘ghalib’
baqia sakht hai aur jan aziz

Poet of the poem/ghazal or Nazam: Mirza Ghalib

kuch aise ghao bhi hote hain
jinhen zakhmi aap nahi dhote
bin roye huye aansuon ke tarah
sine mein chupa ke rakhte hain
aur sari umr nahi rote
ninden bhi muhaiya hoti hain
sapane bhi dur nahi hote
q phir bhi jagate rehte hain
q sari raat nahi sote
ab kis se kahen ae jan-e-vafa
ye ahal-e-vafa kis aag mein jalate rehte hain
q bujh ke rakh nahi hote

Poet of the poem/ghazal or Nazam: Amjad Islam Amjad

q zindagi ke reh mein majabur ho gae
itane hue karib ki hum dur ho gae
aisa nahi ki hamako koi bhi khushi nahi
lekin ye zindagi to koi zindagi nahi
kyon isake faisale hamen manzur ho gae
paya tumhen to hamako laga tumako kho diya
hum dil pe roe aur ye dil hum pe ro diya
palkon se kvab kyon gire kyon choor ho gae

Poet of the poem/ghazal or Nazam:Javed Akhtar

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