Ye jo zindagi ke kitab hai ye kitab bhi kya kitab hai
kaheen ik hasin sa khwab hai kaheen jan-leva azab hai
kaheen chanv hai kaheen dhup hai kaheen aur hi koi rup hai
kai chehare is mein chupe hue ik ajeeb si ye naqab hai
kaheen kho diya kaheen pa liya kaheen ro liya kaheen ga liya
kaheen chin leti hai har khushi kaheen meharaban behisab hai
kaheen aansuon ke hai dastan kaheen muskurahaton ka bayan
kaheen barqaton ke hai barishen kaheen tishnagi behisab hai

Poet of the Poem / Ghazal or Nazam : Rajesh Reddy

Ye karen ya wo karen aisa karen vaisa karen
zindagi do din ke hai do din mein hum kya kya karen
jee mein aata hai ki den parde se parde ka javab
hum se wo parda karen duniya se hum parda karen
sun raha hun kuch lutere aa gaye hain shahar mein
aap jaldi band apne ghar ka daravaza karen
is purani bevafa duniya ka rona kab talak
aaiye mil-jhul ke ik duniya nai paida karen

Poet of the Poem / Ghazal or Nazam : Nazeer Banarasi

Ye kya jagah hai dosto ye kon sa dayar hai
hadd-e-nigah tak jahan gubar hi gubar hai
ye kis mukam par hayat mujh ko leke aa gai
na bas khushi pe hai jahan na gham pe ikhtiyar hai
tamam umr ka hisab mangati hai zindagi
ye mera dil kahe to kya ye khud se sharmsar hai
bula raha kya koi chilamanon ke us taraf
mere liye bhi kya koi udas beqarar hai
na jis ke shakl hai koi na jis ka naam hai koi
ik aisi shai ka kyon hamen azal se intazar hai

Poet of the Poem / Ghazal or Nazam : Shahryar

Wo dil navaz hai nazar shanas nahi
mera ilaj mere charagar ke pas nahi
tadap rahe hain zaban par kai saval magar
mere liye koi shayan-e-iltamas nahi
tere ujalon mein bhi dil kanp kanp uthta hai
mere mizaj ko aasudagi bhi ras nahi
kabhi kabhi jo tere qurb mein guzri the
ab un dinon ka tasavvur bhi mere pas nahi
guzar rahe hain ajab marhalon se dida-o-dil
sahar ke aas to hai zindagi ke aas nahi
mujhe ye dar hai ki teri aarzoo na mit jaye
bahut dinon se tabiyat meri udas nahi

Poet of the Poem / Ghazal or Nazam : Nasir Kazmi

Wo dil hi kya tere milane ke jo dua na kare
main tujh ko bhool ke zinda rahun khuda na kare
rahega sath tera pyar zindagi banakar
ye aur baat meri zindagi wafa na kare
ye thik hai nahi marata koi judai mein
khuda kisi se kisi ko magar juda na kare
suna hai usako mohabbat duayen deti hai
jo dil pe chot to khaye magar gila na kare
zamana dekh chuka hai parakh chuka hai use
“qateel” jan se jaye par iltaja na kare

Poet of the Poem / Ghazal or Nazam : Qateel Shifai

Ye mana zindagi hai char din ke
bahut hote hain yaro char din bhi
khuda ko pa gaya waiz magar hai
zarurat aadmi ko aadmi ke
mila hun muskura ke us se har bar
magar aankhon mein bhi thi kuch nami si thi
muhabbat mein kahen kya hal dil ka
khushi hi kam aati hai na gham hi
bhari mahafil mein har ek se bachakar
teri aankhon ne mujh se baat kar li
ladakapan ke ada hai jan-leva
gazab ke chokari hai hath-bhar ke
raqib-e-gamazada ab sabr kar le
kabhi us se meri bhi dosti thi

Poet of the Poem / Ghazal or Nazam : Firaq Gorakhpuri

Ye meri gazalen ye meri nazmen tamam teri hikayaten hain
ye tazkiren teri lutf ke hain ye sher teri shikayaten hain
main sab teri nazr kar raha hun ye un zamanon ke s’aten hain
jo zindagi ke naye safar mein tujhe kisi roz yaad aayen
to ek ek harf jee uthega pahan ke anfas ke qabayen
udas tanahaiyon ke lamhon mein nach uthengi ye apasarayen

mujhe teri dard ke alava bhi aur dukh the, ye janata hun
hazar gham the jo zindagi ke talash mein the, ye janata hun
mujhe khabar hai ki teri aanchal mein dard ke ret chanata hun
magar har ek bar tujh ko chu kar ye ret rang-e-hina bani hai
ye zakhm gulzar ban gaye hain ye aahen-sozan ghata bani hai
ye dard mauj-e-saba hua hai ye aag dil ke sada bani hai
aur ab ye sari mata-e-hasti ye phul ye zakhm sab tere hain
ye dukh ke nauhe ye sukh ke naghmay jo kal mere the wo ab tere hain
jo teri qurbat teri judai mein kat gaye roz-o-shab tere hain
wo tera shayar tera muganni wo jis ke baten ajeeb si thi
wo jis ke andaz khusro-vana the aur adayen garib si thin
wo jis ke jine ke khvahishen bhi khud us ke apne nasib si thin

na puch us ka ki wo divana bahut dinon ka ujad chuka hai
wo kohakan to nahi tha lekin kadi chattanon se lad chuka hai
wo thak chuka hai aur us ka tesha usi ke sine mein gad chuka hai

Poet of the Poem / Ghazal or Nazam : Ahmed Faraz

Ye nikhaton ke narm ravi ye hawa ye raat
yaad aa rahe hain ishq ke tute ta’alluqat
mayusiyon ke god mein dam todata hai ishq
ab bhi koi bana le to bigadi nahi hai baat
ik umr kat gai hai tere intazar mein
aise bhi hain ke kat na saki jin se ek raat
hum ahal-e-intazar ke aahat pe kan the
thandi hawa thi gham tha tera dhal chali thi raat
har sai-o-har amal mein muhabbat ka hath hai
tamir-e-zindagi ke samajh kuch muharakat
ahal-e-raza mein shan-e-bagavat bhi ho zara
itni bhi zindagi na ho paband-e-rasmiyat
uth bandagi se malik-e-taqadir ban ke dekh
kya vasvasa azab ka kya kavish-e-nijat
mujh ko to gham ne fursat-e-gam bhi na di “firaq”
de fursat-e-hayat na jaise gam-e-hayat

Poet of the Poem / Ghazal or Nazam : Firaq Gorakhpuri