talkhaaba-e-hayaat piyaa hai tamaam umar — Lais Quraishi

miri samajh mein na aayaa ye kaarobaar-e-hayaat
kahaan hai nafaa kahaan hai zarar nahin maalum

— Lais Quraishi

yahi bahut hai ki zinda hain qaid-e-zist mein ham
ye kaisi shaam hai kaisi sahar nahin maalum

— Lais Quraishi

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 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

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