maut bhi duur bahut duur kahin phirti hai — Mohammad Alvi

donon ke dil mein khauf thaa maidaan-e-jang mein
donon kaa khauf faasla thaa darmiyaan kaa

— Mohammad Alvi

yakka ulaT ke rah gayaa ghoDaa bhaDak gayaa
kaali saDak pe chaand saa chehra chamak gayaa

— Mohammad Alvi

kamre mein maze ki raushni ho
achchhi si koi kitaab dekhun

— Mohammad Alvi

aur baazaar se kyaa le jaaun
pahli baarish kaa mazaa le jaaun

— Mohammad Alvi

bulaa rahaa thaa koi chikh chikh kar mujh ko
kuein mein jhaank ke dekhaa to main hi andar thaa

— Mohammad Alvi

nayaa saal divaar par Taang de
puraane baras kaa calendar giraa

— Mohammad Alvi

udaas aankhon se aansu nahin nikalte hain
ye motiyon ki tarah sipiyon mein palte hain

— Bashir Badr

jiinaa taDap taDap kar marnaa sisak sisak kar
fariyaad ek ji hai kyaa kyaa kharaabiyon mein

— Siraj Aurangabadi

kisi ke ek ishaare mein kis ko kyaa na milaa
bashar ko ziist mili maut ko bahaana milaa

— Fani Badayuni

allaah re zauq-e-dasht-navardi ki baad-e-marg
hilte hain khud-ba-khud mire andar kafan ke paanv

— Mirza Ghalib

bichhaDnaa bhi tumhaaraa jite-ji ki maut hai goyaa
use kyaa khaak lutf-e-zindagi jis se judaa tum ho

— Muztar Khairabadi

umr-bhar jis ke liye aankhein rahi hain farsh-e-raah
vo ajal kaa qaasid-e-farkhanda-gaam aa hi gayaa

— Rashid Shahjahanpuri