thaa jis pe meri zindagi kaa inhisaar — Aqeel Shadab

khirad ki aag mein sadiyon jale badan lekin
dil-o-dimaagh se bu-e-munaafirat na gai

— Aqeel Shadab

zindagi jis ke tasavvur mein basar ki ham ne
haae vo shakhs haqiqat mein kahaani niklaa

— Aqeel Shadab

miri talaash mein hai koi aisaa lagtaa hai
kisi kaa gum-shuda 'shaadaab' rakht huun shaayad

— Aqeel Shadab

jo apne aap se baDh kar hamaaraa apnaa thaa
use qarib se dekhaa to duur kaa niklaa

— Aqeel Shadab

shaayad koi kami mere andar kahin pe hai
main aasmaan pe huun miraa saaya zamin pe hai

— Aqeel Shadab

aandhiyaan sab kuchh uDaa kar le gaiin
peD par patta na phal daaman mein thaa

— Aqeel Shadab

kam-umri mein sunet hain
mar jaate hain achchhe log

— Malikzada Javed

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

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