yahin tak laai hai ye zindagi bhar ki masaafat — Zafar Iqbal

yahin tak laai hai ye zindagi bhar ki masaafat
lab-e-dariyaa huun main aur vo pas-e-dariyaa khilaa hai

Urdu

یہیں تک لائی ہے یہ زندگی بھر کی مسافت
لب دریا ہوں میں اور وہ پس دریا کھلا ہے

Hindi

yahīñ tak laa.ī hai ye zindagī bhar kī masāfat
lab-e-dariyā huuñ maiñ aur vo pas-e-dariyā khilā hai

hamaaraa ishq ravaan hai rukaavaTon mein 'zafar'
ye khvaab hai kisi divaar se nahin ruktaa

— Zafar Iqbal

havaa shaakhon mein rukne aur ulajhne ko hai is lamhe
guzarte baadalon mein chaand haail hone vaalaa hai

— Zafar Iqbal

sunaa hai vo mire baare mein sochtaa hai bahut
khabar to hai hi magar mo'tabar zyaada nahin

— Zafar Iqbal

mujhe kharaab kiyaa us ne haan kiyaa hogaa
usi se puchhiye mujh ko khabar ziyaada nahin

— Zafar Iqbal

tanhaa rahne mein bhi koi uzr nahin hai
lekin us ke saath hi tanhaa rah saktaa huun

— Zafar Iqbal

ik dhuup si tani hui baadal ke aar-paar
ik pyaas hai ruki hui jharne ke baavajud

— Zafar Iqbal

kam-umri mein sunet hain
mar jaate hain achchhe log

— Malikzada Javed

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

— Allama Iqbal

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

— Akmal Imaam

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