hai kuchh aisi hi baat jo chup huun — 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

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

ghalat baaton ko khaamoshi se sunnaa haami bhar lenaa
bahut hain faaede is mein magar achchhaa nahin lagtaa

ham to bachpan mein bhi akele the
sirf dil ki gali mein khele the

ik khilaunaa jogi se kho gayaa thaa bachpan mein
DhunDhtaa phiraa us ko vo nagar nagar tanhaa

phir mujhe yaad aaegaa bachpan
ik zamaana gumaan se guzregaa

saudaa hai zamiron kaa har gaam tijaarat hai
chup huun to qayaamat hai bolun to baghaavat hai