gar na andoh e shab e furqat bayaan ho jaaegaa
— Mirza Ghalib
Gar na andoh-e-shab-e-furqat bayaan ho jaa.egaa
Be-takalluf daagh-e-mah mohr-e-dahaan ho jaa.egaa
Zohra gar aisa hee shaam-e-hijr men hotaa hai aab
Partav-e-mahtaab sail-e-khaanumaan ho jaa.egaa
Le to luun sote men us ke paanv kaa bosa magar
Aisee baaton se vo kaafir bad-gumaan ho jaa.egaa
Dil ko ham sarf-e-vafaa samjhe the kyaa maa'loom thaa
Yaa'nee ye pahle hee nazr-e-imtihaan ho jaa.egaa
Sab ke dil men hai jagah teree jo too raazee huaa
Mujh pe goyaa ik zamaana mehrbaan ho jaa.egaa
Gar nigaah-e-garm farmaatee rahee taaleem-e-zabt
Sho'la khas men jaise khuun rag men nihaan ho jaa.egaa
Baagh men mujh ko na le jaa varna mere haal par
Har gul-e-tar ek chashm-e-khoon-fishaan ho jaa.egaa
Vaa.e! gar meraa tiraa insaaf mahshar men na ho
Ab talak to ye tavaqqo' hai ki vaan ho jaa.egaa
Faa.eda kyaa soch aakhir too bhee daanaa hai 'asad'
Dostee naadaan kee hai jee kaa ziyaan ho jaa.egaa
Gar vo mast-e-naaz devegaa salaa-e-'arz-e-haal
Khaar-e-gul bahr-e-dahaan-e-gul zabaan ho jaa.egaa
Gar shahaadat aarzoo hai nashshe men gustaakh ho
Baal sheeshe kaa rag-e-sang-e-fasaan ho jaa.egaa