bulbul ke kaarobaar pe hain khanda-haa-e-gul — 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

sabhi se jab mohabbat chaahte ho
mohabbat kyon nahin karte sabhi se

husn jalva dikhaa gayaa apnaa
ishq baiThaa rahaa udaas kahin

khatm ho jaate jo husn o ishq ke naaz o adaa
shaaeri bhi khatm ho jaati nubuvvat ki tarah

mohabbat ek paakiza amal hai is liye shaayad
simaT kar sharm saari ek bose mein chali aai

saat sanduqon mein bhar kar dafn kar do nafratein
aaj insaan ko mohabbat ki zarurat hai bahut

mujhe tum dekh kar samjho ki chaahat aisi hoti hai
mohabbat vo buri shai hai ki haalat aisi hoti hai