Mirza Ghalib

Dil dhoondta hai phir wahi fursat-e-shab-o-roz
Naaz uthana, naaz uthana, naaz uthana

Hazaaron khwahishein aisi ke har khwahish pe dam nikle
Bahut nikle mere armaan, lekin phir bhi kam nikle

maiñ bhī ruk ruk ke na martā jo zabāñ ke badle
dashna ik tez sā hotā mire ġham-ḳhvār ke paas

dost-dār-e-dushman hai e'timād-e-dil ma.alūm
aah be-asar dekhī naala nā-rasā paayā

bār-hā dekhī haiñ un kī ranjisheñ
par kuchh ab ke sargirānī aur hai

nazzāre ne bhī kaam kiyā vaañ naqāb kā
mastī se har nigah tire ruḳh par bikhar ga.ī

haiñ kavākib kuchh nazar aate haiñ kuchh
dete haiñ dhoka ye bāzīgar khulā

ġham-e-firāq meñ taklīf-e-sair-e-bāġh na do
mujhe dimāġh nahīñ ḳhanda-hā-e-bejā kā

qatra apnā bhī haqīqat meñ hai dariyā lekin
ham ko taqlīd-e-tunuk-zarfi-e-mansūr nahīñ

ishq ne 'ġhālib' nikammā kar diyā
varna ham bhī aadmī the kaam ke

gar tujh ko hai yaqīn-e-ijābat duā na maañg
ya.anī baġhair-e-yak-dil-e-be-mudda.ā na maañg

rahī na tāqat-e-guftār aur agar ho bhī
to kis umiid pe kahiye ki aarzū kyā hai