be-dar-o-divaar saa ik ghar banaayaa chaahiye — Mirza Ghalib

phir usi bevafaa pe marte hain
phir vahi zindagi hamaari hai

umr bhar dekhaa kiye marne ki raah
mar gae par dekhiye dikhlaaein kyaa

saadgi o purkaari be-khudi o hushyaari
husn ko taghaaful mein jurat-aazmaa paayaa

girni thi ham pe barq-e-tajalli na tuur par
dete hain baada zarf-e-qadah-khvaar dekh kar

naakaami-e-nigaah hai barq-e-nazaaraa-soz
tu vo nahin ki tujh ko tamaashaa kare koi

marte hain aarzu mein marne ki
maut aati hai par nahin aati

apni anaa ki aaj bhi taskin ham ne ki
ji bhar ke us ke husn ki tauhin ham ne ki

kyon tasavvur mein ji rahaa huun main
jab haqiqat mein mar hi jaanaa hai

main tujhe bhuul na paayaa to ye chaahat hai miri
yaad rakkhaa hai jo tu ne tiraa ehsaan jaanaan

is ke baghair leaderi apni thi naa-tamaam
kuchh is liye bhi jail mein jaanaa paDaa mujhe

dil na dete use to kyaa karte
ai 'asar' dukh hamein uThaanaa thaa

khud-farebi rahe to achchhaa hai
khud-shanaasi tabaah kar degi