aaj naagaah ham kisi se mile — Khumar Barabankavi

gham hai na ab khushi hai na ummid hai na yaas
sab se najaat paae zamaane guzar gae

— Khumar Barabankavi

phuul kar le nibaah kaanTon se
aadmi hi na aadmi se mile

— Khumar Barabankavi

ham pe guzraa hai vo bhi vaqt 'khumaar'
jab shanaasaa bhi ajnabi se mile

— Khumar Barabankavi

na to hosh se taaaruf na junun se aashnaai
ye kahaan pahunch gae hain tiri bazm se nikal ke

— Khumar Barabankavi

raat baaqi thi jab vo bichhDe the
kaT gai umr raat baaqi hai

— Khumar Barabankavi

vo kaanTaa hai jo chubh kar TuuT jaae
mohabbat ki bas itni daastaan hai

— Khumar Barabankavi

kam-umri mein sunet hain
mar jaate hain achchhe log

— Malikzada Javed

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

zindagi tu bhi hamein vaise hi ik roz guzaar
jis tarah ham tujhe barson se guzaare hue hain

— Arshad Jamal Sarim

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

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

— Ahmad Faraz