Shayari
hasti ke mat fareb mein aa jaaiyo 'asad'
aalam tamaam halqa-e-daam-e-khayaal hai
banaa kar faqiron kaa ham bhes 'ghaalib'
tamaashaa-e-ahl-e-karam dekhte hain
بنا کر فقیروں کا ہم بھیس غالبؔ
تماشائے اہل کرم دیکھتے ہیں
banā kar faqīroñ kā ham bhes 'ġhālib'
tamāshā-e-ahl-e-karam dekhte haiñ

Mirza Asadullah Baig Khan, known by his pen name Ghalib, was a renowned Urdu and Persian poet during the last years of the Mughal Empire.
Mirza Asadullah Baig Khan, known by his pen name Ghalib, was a renowned Urdu and Persian poet during the last years of the Mughal Empire.
1797–1869
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aalam tamaam halqa-e-daam-e-khayaal hai
sar paa-e-khum pe chaahiye hangaam-e-be-khudi
ru su-e-qibla vaqt-e-munaajaat chaahiye
phunkaa hai kis ne gosh-e-mohabbat mein ai khudaa
afsun-e-intizaar tamannaa kahein jise
dam liyaa thaa na qayaamat ne hanuz
phir tiraa vaqt-e-safar yaad aayaa
marte hain aarzu mein marne ki
maut aati hai par nahin aati
puchhte hain vo ki 'ghaalib' kaun hai
koi batlaao ki ham batlaaein kyaa
shaahraahein dafatan shoale ugalne lag gaiin
ghar ki jaanib chal paDaa hai shahr gheraa kar tamaam
gham hai na ab khushi hai na ummid hai na yaas
sab se najaat paae zamaane guzar gae
tumhein fursat ho duniyaa se to ham se aa ke milnaa
hamaare paas fursat ke sivaa kyaa rah gayaa hai
vo na aaegaa hamein maalum thaa is shaam bhi
intizaar us kaa magar kuchh soch kar karte rahe
zamaana mujh se judaa ho gayaa zamaana huaa
rahaa hai ab to bichhaDne ko mujh se tu baaqi
na jaane us ne khule aasmaan mein kyaa dekhaa
parinda phir se jahaan-e-qafas mein lauT aayaa