us vaqt mujh ko daavat-e-jaam-o-subu mili — Saghar Khayyami

ab aap hi bataaein vo kaise nibhaaegaa
jis ko nasib dum nahin vo kyaa hilaae gaa

ek qaidi subh ko phaansi lagaa kar mar gayaa
raat bhar ghazlein sunaain us ko thaanedaar ne

mahngaai ke zamaane mein bachchon ki rel-pel
aisaa na ho kamar tiri mahngaai toD de

chehre to jhurriyon se bhare dil javaan hain
din mein hain shaikh raat mein salmaan-khaan hain

hamaare laal ko darkaar hai vahi laDki
ki jis kaa baap police mein ho kam se kam deputy

kitne chehre lage hain chehron par
kyaa haqiqat hai aur siyaasat kyaa

na tum hosh mein ho na ham hosh mein hain
chalo mai-kade mein vahin baat hogi

sau fasaad ek ishq mein uTThe
boyaa ik tukhm uge hazaar darakht

kisi ke zakhm par chaahat se paTTi kaun baandhegaa
agar bahnein nahin hongi to raakhi kaun baandhegaa

'ghaalib' chhuTi sharaab par ab bhi kabhi kabhi
piitaa huun roz-e-abr o shab-e-maahtaab mein

roza-daaraan-e-judaai kuun kham-e-abru-e-yaar
maah-e-id-e-ramazaan thaa mujhe maalum na thaa

ham pe guzraa hai vo bhi vaqt 'khumaar'
jab shanaasaa bhi ajnabi se mile