dil ko niyaaz-e-hasrat-e-didaar kar chuke — Mirza Ghalib

hasti ke mat fareb mein aa jaaiyo 'asad'
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

main baDaa ho gayaa huun magar bachpanaa
mere dil se kabhi bhi gayaa hi nahin

'saif' andaaz-e-bayaan rang badal detaa hai
varna duniyaa mein koi baat nai baat nahin

dil jigar ki mire puchhe hai khabar kyaa hai ai yaar
nok-e-mizhgaan pe zaraa dekh numudaar hai kyaa

miraa haal puchh ke ham-nashin mire soz-e-dil ko havaa na de
bas yahi duaa main karun huun ab ki ye gham kisi ko khudaa na de

kaun samjhe ham pe kyaa guzri hai 'naqsh'
dil laraz uThtaa hai zikr-e-shaam se

sar kaaT kyuun jalaate hain raushan dilaan ke taiin
aahan-dili pe khalq ki khandaan huun misl-e-shama