milti
hai khu-e-yar se nar iltihab mein
kafir hun gar na milti ho rahat azab mein
kab
se hun kya bataun jahan-e-kharab mein
shab haye hijr ko bhi rakhun gar hisab mein
ta
phir na intazar mein nind aye umr bhar
ane ka ahad kar gaye aye jo khwab main
qasid
k ate ate khat ik aur likh rakhun
main janta hun jo wo likhenge jawab mein
mujh
tak kab un ki bazm mein ata tha daur-e-jam
saqi ne kuch mila na diya ho sharab mein
jo
munkir-e-wafa ho fareb us pe kya chale
kyun badguman hun dost se dushman k bab mein
main
muztarib hun wasl mein khauf-e-raqib se
dala hai tum ko wahm ne kis pech-o-tab mein
mai
aur hizz-e-wasl, khudasaz bat hai
jan nazr deni bhul gaya iztirab mein
hai
tewri chari hui andar naqab k
hai ik shikan pari hui tarf-e-naqab mein
lakhon
lagao, ik churna nigah ka
lakhon banao, ik bigrna itab mein
wo
nala dil mein khas k barbar jagah na paye
jis nale se shigaf pare afatab mein
wo
sehr mudda talbi mein na kam aye
jis sehr se safina rawan ho sarab mein
'Ghalib'
chuti sharab, par ab bhi kabhi kabhi
pita hun roz-e-abr-o-shab-e-mahtab mein