daagh-e-firaaq-e-sohbat-e-shab ki jali hui — 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

aisi duniyaa mein kab tak guzaaraa karein tum hi kah do ki kaise gavaaraa karein
raat mujh se miri bebasi ne kahaa bebasi ke liye ek taaza ghazal

shor din ko nahin sone detaa
shab ko sannaaTaa jagaa detaa hai

har ek shaakh pe viraaniyaan musallat hain
badan-darakht bhi goyaa hai aashiyaan-e-shab

aankhon mein nahin silsila-e-ashk shab-o-roz
tasbih paDhaa karte hain din raat tumhaari

vo ik lamha jo tere qurb ki khushbu se hai raushan
ab is lamhe ko paaband-e-salaasil chaahtaa huun main

vasl ki shab thi aur ujaale kar rakkhe the
jism o jaan sab us ke havaale kar rakkhe the