nahin zarur ki mar jaen jaan-nisar tere
yahi hai maut ki jina haram ho jae

Fani Badayuni

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kam se kam maut se aisi mujhe ummid nahin
zindagi tu ne to dhoke pe diya hai dhoka

Firaq Gorakhpuri

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maut ka bhi ilaj ho shayad
zindagi ka koi ilaj nahin

for death a cure there well may be
but for this life no remedy

Firaq Gorakhpuri

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nahin bachta hai bimar-e-mohabbat
suna hai hum ne 'goya' ki zabani

Goya Faqir Mohammad

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e-talluq zindagi achchhi nahin
zindagi kya maut bhi achchhi nahin

Hafeez Jalandhari

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zindagi firdaus-e-gum-gashta ko pa sakti nahin
maut hi aati hai ye manzil dikhane ke liye

Hafeez Jalandhari

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na gor-e-sikandar na hai qabr-e-dara
miTe namiyon ke nishan kaise kaise

Haidar Ali Aatish

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