kaav kaav-e-sakht-jaani haae-tanhaai na puchh — 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

gham hai na ab khushi hai na ummid hai na yaas
sab se najaat paae zamaane guzar gae

husn jalva dikhaa gayaa apnaa
ishq baiThaa rahaa udaas kahin

jab ki pahlu se yaar uThtaa hai
dard be-ikhtiyaar uThtaa hai

bujhne nahin diyaa ise furqat ke baa'd bhi
yaadon se teri dil ko farozaan rakhaa sadaa

naam ko bhi na kisi aankh se aansu niklaa
shama mahfil mein jalaati rahi parvaane ko

hain udaasi ke aur bhi asbaab
mujh ko teraa malaal thoDi hai