Ghazal

ishq me.n ai kohkan kyaa zaKHm-e-sar darkaar thaa
zaKHm-e-dil darkaar thaa zaKHm-e-jigar darkaar thaa

Aasi Ghazipuri

Ghazal

kohkan na koh me.n na qais thaa ban me.n shariik
ho sakaa ko.ii na meraa 'ishq ke fan me.n shariik

Ghulam Ali Rasikh

Allusion

Kohkan-Farhad

Kohkan Farhaad was the true lover of Queen Shirin, the wife of King Khusrau Parviz of Iran. The term "Kohkan" is also used to depict a genuine lover.

Unknown

Ghazal

banaa guldasta-e-dastaar tesha
nisaar-e-naam-e-shiirii.n kohkan thaa

Turab Ali Dakni

Ghazal

gayaa qais majnuu.n hu.aa dasht me.n
mu.aa kohkan jaa.n se bezaar ho

Kishan Singh Arif

Masnavi

mii shigaafad koh raa baa-bahr-o-kaa.n
zor-e-jaan-e-kohkan shaqqal-hajar

Rumi

Ghazal

majnuu.n agar nahii.n na sahii kohkan to ban
itnaa to ho ki maut rahe iKHtiyaar me.n

Safi Aurangabadi

Ghazal

tesha kudaal kaise vo nahr khod laate
josh-e-junuu.n kaa jazba shaamil thaa kohkan me.n

Ziya Alvi

Persian Sufi Poetry

ba-daanistam lab-e-shiirii.n na-daanistam farebash raa
ba-dasth-o-koh sargardaa.n misaal-e-kohkan raftam

Kishan Singh Arif

Kalaam

kohkan koh-kanii sheva-e-ushshaaq nahii.n
hai jo aashiq dil-e-ma.ashuuq me.n ghar paidaa kar

Ameer Minai

Ghazal

niyaaz 'ishq us ke baa'd maraz-e-mustaqil Thahraa
gavaaraa kohkan ko kyuu.n hu.aa mazduur ho jaanaa

Qatil Ajmeri

Ghazal

kyaa KHabar thii be-baso.n par ishq barsaa.egaa aag
tesha ban jaa.egaa sho.ala kohkan jal jaa.egaa

Sanjar Ghazipuri

Kalaam

ham ne to naaKHuno.n se mu.nh saaraa noch Daalaa
ab kohkan dikhaave rakhtaa hai gar hunar kuchh

Meer Taqi Meer

Ghazal

mazaar-e-kohkan par shaamiyaane kii kyaa haajat
sadaa rahtaa hai us par daaman-e-kohsaar kaa saayaa

Shah Naseer

Ghazal

kohkan kohsaar me.n sahraa me.n majnuu.n hai KHaraab
chho.D kar kuuche ko tere Thokare.n khaate hai.n kyuu.n

Aasi Ghazipuri

Ghazal

na kohkan ne vo dekhā kabhī na majnūñ ne
tumhāre ishq meñ jo ham ne ai butāñ dekhā

Mir Muhammad Bedar

Ghazal

maanind-e-kohkan ke vo sar chiir mar gayaa
jin ne sunaa hai 'ishq' vo shiirii.n klaam-e-KHaas

Khwaja Ruknuddin Ishq

Mukhammas

dair-o-ka.aba me.n bhaTakte hai.n ye shaiKH-o-barhaman
baa.az phirte hai.n bayaabaano.n me.n misal-e-kohkan

Agha Muhammad Daud

Mukhammas

phir us taraf ko dil-e-kohkan me.n aag lagii
tumhaarii chup se merii chup zabaan hai bolo to

Unknown

Ghazal

hasrat hii dil me.n kohkan aaKHir ye le gayaa
shiirii.n ne apnii aa.nkho.n bhii dekhaa na ruu-e-shiir

Ehsanullah Khan Bayan