adhuraa ho ke huun kitnaa mukammal — Shaukat Pardesi

ye kaisi be-qaraari sunne vaalon ke dilon mein hai
varaq dohraa rahaa hai kyaa koi meri kahaani kaa

— Shaukat Pardesi

un ki nigaah-e-naaz ki gardish ke saath saath
mahsus ye huaa ki zamaana badal gayaa

— Shaukat Pardesi

us ki hansi tum kyaa samjho
vo jo pahron royaa hai

— Shaukat Pardesi

ai inqalaab-e-nau tiri raftaar dekh kar
khud ham bhi sochte hain ki ab tak kahaan rahe

— Shaukat Pardesi

sharik-e-dard nahin jab koi to ai 'shaukat'
khud apni zaat ki bechaargi ghanimat hai

— Shaukat Pardesi

hudud-e-jism se aage baDhe to ye dekhaa
ki tishnagi thi barahna tiri adaaon tak

— Shaukat Pardesi

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

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

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

— Ahmad Faraz

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