baDe baDon ke qadam Dagmagaa gae 'taabaan' — Ghulam Rabbani Taban

ye mai-kada hai kalisaa o khaanqaah nahin
uruj-e-fikr o farogh-e-nazar ki manzil hai

— Ghulam Rabbani Taban

rah-e-talab mein kise aarzu-e-manzil hai
shuur ho to safar khud safar kaa haasil hai

— Ghulam Rabbani Taban

ye chaar din ki rifaaqat bhi kam nahin ai dost
tamaam umr bhalaa kaun saath detaa hai

— Ghulam Rabbani Taban

shabaab-e-husn hai barq-o-sharar ki manzil hai
ye aazmaaish-e-qalb-o-nazar ki manzil hai

— Ghulam Rabbani Taban

nikhar gae hain pasine mein bhiig kar aariz
gulon ne aur bhi shabnam se taazgi paai

— Ghulam Rabbani Taban

manzilein raah mein thiin naqsh-e-qadam ki surat
ham ne muD kar bhi na dekhaa kisi manzil ki taraf

— Ghulam Rabbani Taban

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

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

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

— Akmal Imaam