Yeh na thi hamari qismat keh wisaal-e-yaar hota
Agar aur jeetay rehtay yahi intizaar hota
Tere wadon par jiye hum to yeh jaan jhoot jana
Keh kushi se mar na jatay agar aitabaar hota
Koi meray dil se poochay tere teer-e-naam'kash ko
Yeh khalish kahan se hoti jo jigar ky paar hota
Yeh kahan ki dosti hai keh banay hain dost maseeh
Koi chraagh hota , koi ghamgusaar hota
Rag-e-sang se tapka woh lahoo keh phir na thamta
Jise gham samjh rahay ho yeh agar shraar hota
Gham agarcha jaan ghulis hai par kahan be,chain keh dil hai
Gham-e-ishq gar na hota gham-e-rozgaar hota
Kahon kis main ke kiya hai shab-e-gham buri bala hai
Mujhe kiya burra tha marna agar ik baar hota
Huwey mar ke hum jo ruswa huwey kiyon na ghar-e-dariya
Na kabhi janaza utha , na kahin mazaar hota
Ussay kon dekh sakta keh yagaana hai woh yakta
jo doee ki boo bhi hoti to kahin do chaar hota
Yeh masail-e-tasawuff yeh tera biyaan Ghalib
Tujhe hum waali samjhtay , jo na baada-e-khwaar hota