zindagi naam hai judaai kaa — Naresh Kumar Shad

mahfil un ki saaqi un kaa
aankhein apni baaqi un kaa

— Naresh Kumar Shad

tufaan-e-gham ki tund havaaon ke baavajud
ik sham-e-aarzu hai jo ab tak bujhi nahin

— Naresh Kumar Shad

ye soch kar bhi hans na sake ham shikasta-dil
yaaraan-e-gham-gusaar kaa dil TuuT jaaegaa

— Naresh Kumar Shad

tu mire gham mein na hansti hui aankhon ko rulaa
main to mar mar ke bhi ji saktaa huun meraa kyaa hai

— Naresh Kumar Shad

tiraa hijr meraa nasib hai tiraa gham hi meri hayaat hai
mujhe teri duuri kaa gham ho kyon tu kahin bhi ho mire paas hai

— Naresh Kumar Shad

itnaa bhi naa-umid dil-e-kam-nazar na ho
mumkin nahin ki shaam-e-alam ki sahar na ho

— Naresh Kumar Shad

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

— Akmal Imaam

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

— Arshad Jamal Sarim

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

— Nazim Sultanpuri