jab mai-kada chhuTaa to phir ab kyaa jagah ki qaid — 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

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

kahaan milegi misaal meri sitamgari ki
ki main gulaabon ke zakhm kaanTon se si rahaa huun

mere zakhmon kaa sabab puchhegi duniyaa tum se
main ne har zakhm ki pahchaan mein rakkhaa hai tumhein

'zarif' anjaam kyaa hogaa jo meraa dil bhi kho jaae
kahin aisaa na ho, mujh ko bhi filmi ishq ho jaae

kyunkar karun main tark sharaab-o-kabaab ko
zaahid hai yaad hukm-e-kulu-vashrabu mujhe

gardish-e-minaa-o-jaam dekhiye kab tak rahe
ham pe taqaazaa-e-haraam dekhiye kab tak rahe