bahut chhoTaa safar thaa zindagi kaa — Ahmad Shanas

baahar insaanon se nafrat hai lekin
ghar mein Dheron bachche paidaa karte hain

— Ahmad Shanas

kaun qatre mein uThaataa hai talaatum
aur antar-aatmaa tak sinchtaa hai

— Ahmad Shanas

chaand mein darvesh hai jugnu mein jogi
kaun hai vo aur kis ko khojtaa hai

— Ahmad Shanas

saat qulzum hain mire siine mein
ek qatre se ubhaaraa thaa mujhe

— Ahmad Shanas

ek bachcha zehn se paisa kamaane ki machine
dusraa kamzor thaa so yarghamaali ho gayaa

— Ahmad Shanas

main us ki pahchaan huun yaa vo meri
kyaa samjhun aur vo samjhaae kyaa kyaa

— Ahmad Shanas

kam-umri mein sunet hain
mar jaate hain achchhe log

— Malikzada Javed

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

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

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

— Nazim Sultanpuri

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

— Akmal Imaam