ik khun-chakaan kafan mein karoDon banaao hain — 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

hai ajab nizaam zakaat kaa mire mulk mein mire des mein
ise kaaTtaa koi aur hai ise baanTtaa koi aur hai

aazaadiyon ke shauq o havas ne hamein 'adil'
ik ajnabi zamin kaa qaidi banaa diyaa

ye kaisi siyaasat hai mire mulk pe haavi
insaan ko insaan se judaa dekh rahaa huun

na hogaa raaegaan khun-e-shahidaan-e-vatan hargiz
yahi surkhi banegi ek din unvaan-e-aazaadi

khudaa ai kaash 'naazish' jite-ji vo vaqt bhi laae
ki jab hindostaan kahlaaegaa hindostaan-e-aazaadi

uf gardish-e-hayaat tiri fitna-saaziyaan
apne vatan mein duur hain ahl-e-vatan se ham