jazba-e-be-ikhtiyaar-e-shauq dekhaa chaahiye — 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

vahaan se hai miri himmat ki ibtidaa vallaah
jo intihaa hai tire sabr aazmaane ki

vo utar gae the jo paar khud mujhe biich bahr mein chhoD kar
thaa jo un mein itnaa hi hausla mujhe Dubtaa bhi to dekhte

har samt gard-e-naaqa-e-lailaa buland hai
pahunche jo hausla ho kisi shahsavaar kaa

chaahte to the mire aghyaar tu paidaa na ho
phir bhi ye himmat hai teri tu agar paidaa huaa

ahl-e-himmat ko balaaon pe hansi aati hai
nang-e-hasti hai musibat mein pareshaan honaa

khirad vaalon ko kahne do ki hain saat aasmaan sar par
junun vaalo zaraa himmat karo bas ek ziinaa hai