tamaam umr use chaahnaa na thaa mumkin — Ghalib Ayaz

ham us ke jabr kaa qissa tamaam chaahte hain
aur us ki tegh hamaaraa zavaal chaahti hai

— Ghalib Ayaz

bhale hi chhaanv na de aasraa to detaa hai
ye aarzu kaa shajar hai khizaan-rasida sahi

— Ghalib Ayaz

phir yahi rut ho ain mumkin hai
par tiraa intizaar ho ki na ho

— Ghalib Ayaz

tumhaare dar se uThaae gae malaal nahin
vahaan to chhoD ke aae hain ham ghubaar apnaa

— Ghalib Ayaz

havaa ke honT khulein saaat-e-kalaam to aae
ye ret jaisaa badan aandhiyon ke kaam to aae

— Ghalib Ayaz

zindagaani mein sabhi rang the mahrumi ke
tujh ko dekhaa to main ehsaas-e-ziyaan se niklaa

— Ghalib Ayaz

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

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

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