mat mardumak e diida men samjho ye nigaahen
— Mirza Ghalib
Mat mardumak-e-deeda men samjho ye nigaahen
Hain jam.a suvaidaa-e-dil-e-chashm men aahen
Juun mardumak-e-chashm se hon jam.a nigaahen
Khvaabeeda ba-hairat-kada-e-daagh hain aahen
Phir halqa-e-kaakul men paDeen diid kee raahen
Juun duud faraaham huiin rauzan men nigaahen
Paayaa sar-e-har-zarra jigar-gosha-e-vahshat
Hain daagh se ma.amoor shaqaa.iq kee kulaahen
Kis dil pe hai azm-e-saf-e-mizhgaan-e-khud-aaraa
Aa.eene ke paayaab se utree hain sipaahen
Dair-o-haram aa.eena-e-takraar-e-tamannaa
Vaamaandagee-e-shauq taraashe hai panaahen
Ye matl.a 'asad' jauhar-e-afsoon-e-sukhan ho
Gar arz-e-tapaak-e-jigar-e-sokhta chaahen
Hairat-kash-e-yak-jalva-e-ma.anee hain nigaahen
Kheenchoon huun suvaidaa-e-dil-e-chashm se aa.hen