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