zindagi ki haqiqat ajab ho gai — Ashhad Bilal Ibn

aao to mere sahn mein ho jaae raushni
muddat guzar gai hai charaaghaan kiye hue

— Ashhad Bilal Ibn

yaad rakhnaa bhi ik ibaadat hai
kyuun na ham un kaa haafiza ho jaaein

— Ashhad Bilal Ibn

hosh-o-havaas khone lagaa huun firaaq mein
tanhaaiyon ne aisaa muqaffal kiyaa mujhe

— Ashhad Bilal Ibn

tamaam din ki mashaqqat-bhari takaan ke baad
tamaam raat mohabbat se phir jagaaun use

— Ashhad Bilal Ibn

saveraa le ke aataa hai mire khvaabon ki taabirein
magar jab shaam hoti hai to un ki yaad aati hai

— Ashhad Bilal Ibn

aaj bhi naqsh hain dil par tiri aahaT ke nishaan
ham ne us raah se auron ko guzarne na diyaa

— Ashhad Bilal Ibn

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

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

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

— Allama Iqbal

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

— Ahmad Faraz