vaae naakaami tab aayaa saaqi-e-paimaan-shikan — Nawab Ali Khan Sahar

dasht-e-vahshat mein junun ne ye bigaaDi surat
ki miri shakl bhi yaaraan-e-vatan bhuul gae

— Nawab Ali Khan Sahar

kam-umri mein sunet hain
mar jaate hain achchhe log

— Malikzada Javed

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

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

— Ahmad Faraz

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

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

— Nazim Sultanpuri