aakhir-e-shab hui aaghaaz kahaani apni — Irfan Siddiqi

tum se mile to khud se ziyaada
tum ko akelaa paayaa ham ne

— Irfan Siddiqi

bhuul jaaoge ki rahte the yahaan dusre log
kal phir aabaad kareinge ye makaan dusre log

— Irfan Siddiqi

sham-e-khema koi zanjir nahin ham-safaraan
jis ko jaanaa hai chalaa jaae ijaazat kaisi

— Irfan Siddiqi

khiraaj maang rahi hai vo shaah-baanu-e-shahr
so ham bhi hadiya-e-dast-e-talab guzaarte hain

— Irfan Siddiqi

hoshiyaari dil-e-naadaan bahut kartaa hai
ranj kam sahtaa hai elaan bahut kartaa hai

— Irfan Siddiqi

us ki aankhein hain ki ik Dubne vaalaa insaan
dusre Dubne vaale ko pukaare jaise

— Irfan Siddiqi

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

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

— Akmal Imaam

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

— Nazim Sultanpuri

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

— Allama Iqbal