faarig mujhe na jaan ki maanind e subh o mehr
— Mirza Ghalib
Faarigh mujhe na jaan ki maanind-e-sub.h-o-mehr
Hai daagh-e-'ishq zeenat-e-jeb-e-kafan hunooz
Hai naaz-e-muflisaan zar-e-az-dast-rafta par
Huun gul-farosh-e-shokhi-e-daagh-e-kohan hunooz
Mai-khaana-e-jigar men yahaan khaak bhee naheen
Khamyaaza kheenche hai but-e-be-daad-fan hunooz
Begaana-e-vafaa hai havaa-e-chaman hunooz
'vo' sabza sang par na ugaa koh-kan hunooz
Yaa-rab yeh dard-mand hai kas kee nigaah kaa
Hai rabt-e-mushk-o-daagh-e-svaad-e-khutan hunooz
Juun jaada sar-ba-koo-e-tamannaa-e-be-dilee
Zanjeer-e-paa hai rishta-e-hubbul-vatan hunooz
Main duur gard-e-qurb-e-bisaat-e-nigaah thaa
Bairoon-e-dil na thee tapish-e-anjuman hunooz
Main huun saraab-e-yak-tapish aamokhtan hunooz
Zakhm-e-jigar hai tishna-e-lab dokhtan hunooz
Ai sho'la fursate ki suvaidaa-e-dil se huun
Kisht-e-sipand-e-sad-jigar andokhtan hunooz
Faanoos-e-sham.a hai kafan-e-kushtagaan-e-shauq
Dar-parda hai mu'aamla-e-sokhtan hunooz
Majnoon fusoon-e-sho'la-khiraamee fasaana hai
Hai sham' jaada daagh-e-nefrokhtan hunooz
Koo yak sharar ki saaz-e-charaaghaan karoon 'asad'
Bazm-e-tarab hai pardaga.e sokhtan hunooz
Thaa mujh ko khaar-khaar-e-junoon-e-vafaa 'asad'
Sozan men thaa nahufta gul-e-pairahan hanooz