'ghaalib' hamein na chheD ki phir josh-e-ashk se — Mirza Ghalib

sabza o gul kahaan se aae hain
abr kyaa chiiz hai havaa kyaa hai

koi viraani si viraani hai
dasht ko dekh ke ghar yaad aayaa

hai kahaan tamannaa kaa dusraa qadam yaa-rab
ham ne dasht-e-imkaan ko ek naqsh-e-paa paayaa

dam liyaa thaa na qayaamat ne hanuz
phir tiraa vaqt-e-safar yaad aayaa

huaa hai shah kaa musaahib phire hai itraataa
vagarna shahr mein 'ghaalib' ki aabru kyaa hai

'ghaalib' chhuTi sharaab par ab bhi kabhi kabhi
piitaa huun roz-e-abr o shab-e-maahtaab mein

mere baa'd vafaa kaa dhokaa aur kisi se mat karnaa
gaali degi duniyaa tujh ko sar meraa jhuk jaaegaa

is qadar musalsal thiin shiddatein judaai ki
aaj pahli baar us se main ne bevafaai ki

apni kashti kaa hai khudaa haafiz
pichhe tufaan hai saamne girdaab

ye jafaaon ki sazaa hai ki tamaashaai hai tu
ye vafaaon ki sazaa hai ki pae-daar huun main

kuchh to majburiyaan rahi hongi
yuun koi bevafaa nahin hotaa

taazgi hai sukhan-e-kuhna mein ye baad-e-vafaat
log aksar mire jiine kaa gumaan rakhte hain