Hai bas ki har ik unake ishaare men - Mirza Ghalib

hai bas ki har ik unake ishaare men nishaan aur

karate hain muhabbat to guzarataa hai gumaan aur

yaa rab vo na samajhe hain na samajhenge merii baat

de aur dil unako jo na de mujhako zubaan aur

abaruu se hai kyaa us nigaah -e-naaz ko paiband

hai tiir muqarrar magar usakii hai kamaan aur

tum shahar men ho to hamen kyaa gam jab uthenge

le aayenge baazaar se jaakar dil-o-jaan aur

har chand subukdast hue butshikanii men

ham hain to abhii raah men hai sang-e-giraan aur

hai khuun-e-jigar josh men dil khol ke rotaa

hote kaii jo diidaa-e-khuunnaabafishaan aur

marataa huun is aavaaz pe har chand sar ud jaaye

jallaad ko lekin vo kahe jaaye ki haan aur

logon ko hai khurshiid-e-jahaan taab kaa dhokaa

har roz dikhaataa huun main ik daag-e-nihaan aur

letaa na agar dil tumhen detaa koii dam chain

karataa jo na marataa koii din aah-o-fugaan aur

paate nahiin jab raah to chad jaate hain naale

rukatii hai merii tabaa to hotii hai ravaan aur

hain aur bhii duniyaa men sukhanavar bahut achchhe

kahate hain ki 'ghalib' kaa hai andaaz-e-bayaan aur