ye laash-e-be-kafan 'asad'-e-khasta-jaan ki hai — 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

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

husn jalva dikhaa gayaa apnaa
ishq baiThaa rahaa udaas kahin

gharon se nikle hue vaqt par palaT aaein
koi charaagh kisi baam par udaas na ho

kuchh to tanhaai ki raaton mein sahaaraa hotaa
tum na hote na sahi zikr tumhaaraa hotaa

kuchh to miltaa hai maza saa shab-e-tanhaai mein
par ye maalum nahin kis se ham-aaghosh huun main