zindagi ke is safar ne aur kyaa mujh ko diyaa — Zia Faooqui

mat puchhiye kyaa jitne niklaa thaa main ghar se
ye dekhiye kyaa haar ke lauTaa huun safar se

— Zia Faooqui

badan ki qaid se chhuTaa to log pahchaane
tamaam 'umr kisi ko miraa pata na milaa

— Zia Faooqui

ye safar ye Dubte suraj kaa manzar aur main
jaane kab ho paaeinge baaham miraa ghar aur main

— Zia Faooqui

shu’ur-e-tishnagi ik roz mein pukhta nahin hotaa
mire honTon ne sadiyon karbalaa ki khaak chumi hai

— Zia Faooqui

aankhein hain ki ab tak usi chaukhaT pe dhari hain
detaa huun zamaane ko magar apnaa pata aur

— Zia Faooqui

pahle thaa bahut faasla baazaar se ghar kaa
ab ek hi kamre mein hai baazaar bhi ghar bhi

— Zia Faooqui

kam-umri mein sunet hain
mar jaate hain achchhe log

— Malikzada Javed

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

— Allama Iqbal

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

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

— Ahmad Faraz

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

— Arshad Jamal Sarim

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

— Nazim Sultanpuri