Har ek baat pe kehte ho tum K ‘too kya hai’ ?...(MIRZA GHALIB)

 Har ek baat pe kehte ho tum K ‘too kya hai’ ?
TumheeN kaho K yeh andaaz-e-guftgoo kya hai ?

Na sho’le meiN yeh karishma na barq meiN ye ada koee bataao K woh shoKH-e-tund_KHoo kya hai ?

 

Yeh rashk hai ki wo hota hai ham_suKHan tumse Wagarna KHauf-e-bad_aamozi-e-adoo kya hai ?

 

Chipak raha hai badan par lahoo se pairaahan Hamaaree jeb ko ab haajat-e-rafoo kya hai ?

 

Jalaa hai jism jahaaN dil bhee jal gaya hoga kuredate ho jo ab raakh, justjoo kya hai ?

 

RagoN meiN dauRte phirne ke ham naheeN qaayal Jab aaNkh hi se na Tapka to phir lahoo kya hai ?

 

Woh cheez jiske liye hamko ho bahisht azeez Siwaay baada-e-gul_faam-e-mushkaboo kya hai ?

 

PiyooN sharaab agar KHum bhee dekh looN do chaar Yeh sheesha-o-qadah-o-kooza-o-suboo kya hai ?

 

Rahee na taaqat-e-guftaar, aur agar ho bhee To kis ummeed pe kahiye ke aarzoo kya hai ?

 

Bana hai shaah ka musaahib, phire hai itraata
Wagarna shahar meiN ‘Ghalib’ kee aabroo kya hai ?

                                                          (MIRZA GHALIB)