husn gamze k kashakash se chuta mere bad

bare aram se hai ahl-e-jafa mere bad

mansab-e-sheftagi k koi qabil na raha

hui mazuli-e-andaz-o-ada mere bad

shama bujhti hai to us mein se dhuan uthta hai

shola-e-ishq siyahposh hua mere bad

khun hai dil khak mein ahwal-e-butan par, yani

unk nakhun hue mohtaj-e-hina mere bad

darkhur-e-arz nahi jauhar-e-bedad ko ja

nigah-e-naz hai surme se khafa mere bad

hai junun ahl-e-junun k liye agosh-e-wida

chaq hota hai gareban se juda mere bad

kaun hota hai harif-e-mai-e-mard-afgan-e-ishq

hai mukarrar lab-e-saqi pe sala mere bad

gam se mata hun k itna nahi dunya mein koi

k kare taziyat-e-mehar-o-wafa mere bad

aye hai bekasi-e-ishq pe rona ‘Ghalib’

kisk ghar jayega sailab-e-bala mere bad