dekh ye baar kabhi sar se utartaa hi nahin — Natiq Gulavthi

mujh se naaraaz hain jo log vo khush hain un se
main judaa chiiz huun 'naatiq' mire ashaar judaa

— Natiq Gulavthi

hangaama-e-hayaat se lenaa to kuchh nahin
haan dekhte chalo ki tamaashaa hai raah kaa

— Natiq Gulavthi

vahaan se le gai naakaam badbakhton ko khud-kaami
jahaan chashm-e-karam se khud-ba-khud kuchh kaam honaa thaa

— Natiq Gulavthi

aati hai yaad subh-e-masarrat ki baar baar
khurshid aate aate use kal uThaa to laa

— Natiq Gulavthi

sab ko ye shikaayat hai ki hanstaa nahin 'naatiq'
ham ko ye taajjub ki vo giryaan nahin hotaa

— Natiq Gulavthi

kuchh nahin achchhaa to duniyaa mein buraa bhi kuchh nahin
kijiye sab kuchh magar apni zarurat dekh kar

— Natiq Gulavthi

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

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

— Allama Iqbal