baDi talaash se milti hai zindagi ai dost — Shaanul Haq Haqqi

le kar rukh par itne kalank
lagtaa huun khush-ru bhi main

— Shaanul Haq Haqqi

tum se ulfat ke taqaaze na nibaahe jaate
varna ham ko bhi tamannaa thi ki chaahe jaate

— Shaanul Haq Haqqi

log tum se bhi sitam-pesha kahaan hote hain
jo kahin kaa na rakhein aur phir apnaa na kahein

— Shaanul Haq Haqqi

vaae tilism-e-naqsh-e-farang
bhuul gayaa urdu bhi main

— Shaanul Haq Haqqi

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

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

— Arshad Jamal Sarim

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