zindagi kam paDhe pardesi kaa khat hai 'ibrat' — Ibrat Machlishahri

jab aa jaati hai duniyaa ghuum phir kar apne markaz par
to vaapas lauT kar guzre zamaane kyuun nahin aate

— Ibrat Machlishahri

kyuun pashemaan ho agar vaada vafaa ho na sakaa
kahin vaade bhi nibhaane ke liye hote hain

— Ibrat Machlishahri

sunaa hai Duub gai be-hisi ke dariyaa mein
vo qaum jis ko jahaan kaa amiir honaa thaa

— Ibrat Machlishahri

apni ghurbat ki kahaani ham sunaaein kis tarah
raat phir bachcha hamaaraa rote rote so gayaa

— Ibrat Machlishahri

zamin ke jism ko TukDon mein baanTne vaalo
kabhi ye ghaur karo kaaenaat kis ki hai

— Ibrat Machlishahri

vo yuun subut-e-uruj-o-zavaal detaa thaa
uThaa ke haath mein patthar uchhaal detaa thaa

— Ibrat Machlishahri

kam-umri mein sunet hain
mar jaate hain achchhe log

— Malikzada Javed

baDe qalaq ki baat hai ki tum ise na paDh sake
hamaari zindagi to ik khuli hui kitaab thi

— Nazim Sultanpuri

umr bhar kaun nibhaataa hai ta'alluq itnaa
ai miri jaan ke dushman tujhe allaah rakkhe

— Ahmad Faraz

main tujh se saath bhi to umar bhar kaa chaahtaa thaa
so ab tujh se gilaa bhi umar bhar kaa ho gayaa hai

— Irfan Sattar

apne man mein Duub kar paa jaa suraagh-e-zindagi
tu agar meraa nahin bantaa na ban apnaa to ban

— Allama Iqbal

zindagi tu bhi hamein vaise hi ik roz guzaar
jis tarah ham tujhe barson se guzaare hue hain

— Arshad Jamal Sarim