lab e khushk dar tishnagii murdagaan kaa
— Mirza Ghalib
Lab-e-khushk dar-tishnagee-murdagaan kaa
Ziyaarat-kada huun dil-aazurdagaan kaa
Hama naa-umeedee hama bad-gumaanee
Main dil huun fareb-e-vafaa-khurdagaan kaa
Shaguftan kameen-gaah-e-taqreeb-jooee
Tasavvur huun be-mojib aazurdagaan kaa
Ghareeb-e-sitam-deedah-e-baaz-gashtan
Sukhan huun sukhan bar lab-aavurdagaan kaa
Saraapaa yak-aa.eena-daar-e-shikastan
Iraada huun yak-aalam-afsurdagaan kaa
Ba-soorat takalluf ba-ma.anee ta.assuf
'asad' main tabassum huun pazhmurdagaan kaa