sabza o gul kahaan se aae hain — Mirza Ghalib

hasti ke mat fareb mein aa jaaiyo 'asad'
aalam tamaam halqa-e-daam-e-khayaal hai

sar paa-e-khum pe chaahiye hangaam-e-be-khudi
ru su-e-qibla vaqt-e-munaajaat chaahiye

phunkaa hai kis ne gosh-e-mohabbat mein ai khudaa
afsun-e-intizaar tamannaa kahein jise

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

marte hain aarzu mein marne ki
maut aati hai par nahin aati

puchhte hain vo ki 'ghaalib' kaun hai
koi batlaao ki ham batlaaein kyaa

pyaaso raho na dasht mein baarish ke muntazir
maaro zamin pe paanv ki paani nikal paDe

baarish ke baa'd raat saDak aaina si thi
ik paanv paaniyon pe paDaa chaand hil gayaa

baadalon ne aaj barsaayaa lahu
amn kaa har faakhta rone lagaa

chaand ne taan li hai chaadar-e-abr
ab vo kapDe badal rahi hogi

maaein darvaazon par hain
baarish hone vaali hai

vo gulaabi baadalon mein ek niili jhiil si
hosh qaaem kaise rahte thaa hi kuchh aisaa libaas