qissa chheDaa mehr o vafaa kaa avval-e-shab un aaankhon ne — Saleem Ahmed

ye nahin hai ki navaaze na gae hon ham log
ham ko sarkaar se tamgha milaa rusvaai kaa

— Saleem Ahmed

main gham ko basaa rahaa huun dil mein
be-ghar ko makaan de rahaa huun

— Saleem Ahmed

ghar mein kuchh kam hai ye ehsaas bhi hotaa hai 'salim'
ye bhi khultaa nahin kis shai ki kami lagti hai

— Saleem Ahmed

jaane andar kyaa huaa main shor sun kar ai 'salim'
us jagah pahunchaa to dekhaa band vo darvaaza thaa

— Saleem Ahmed

ik aag si jalti rahi taa-umr lahu mein
ham apne hi ehsaas mein pakte rahe taa-der

— Saleem Ahmed

khush-numaa lafzon ki rishvat de ke raazi kijiye
ruuh ki tauhin par aamaada rahtaa hai badan

— Saleem Ahmed

kam-umri mein sunet hain
mar jaate hain achchhe log

— Malikzada Javed

zindagi ke bahut qarib na jaa
faasla kuchh to apne dhyaan mein rakh

— Akmal Imaam

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

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

— Arshad Jamal Sarim