aamad-e-KHat se hua hai sard jo bazar-e-dost

āmad-e-ḳhat se huā hai sard jo bāzār-e-dost

dūd-e-sham-e-kushta thā shāyad ḳhat-e-ruḳhsār-e-dost

ai dil-e-nā-āqibat-andesh zabt-e-shauq kar

kaun lā saktā hai tāb-e-jalva-e-dīdār-e-dost

ḳhāna-vīrāñ-sāzī-e-hairat tamāshā kījiye

sūrat-e-naqsh-e-qadam huuñ rafta-e-raftār-e-dost

ishq meñ bedād-e-rashk-e-ġhair ne maarā mujhe

kushta-e-dushman huuñ āḳhir garche thā bīmār-e-dost

chashm-e-mā raushan ki us bedard kā dil shaad hai

dīda-e-pur-ḳhūñ hamārā sāġhar-e-sarshār-e-dost

ġhair yuuñ kartā hai merī pursish us ke hijr meñ

be-takalluf dost ho jaise koī ġham-ḳhvār-e-dost

taaki maiñ jānūñ ki hai us kī rasā.ī vaañ talak

mujh ko detā hai payām-e-vāda-e-dīdār-e-dost

jab ki maiñ kartā huuñ apnā shikva-e-zof-e-dimāġh

sar kare hai vo hadīs-e-zulf-e-ambar-bār-e-dost

chupke chupke mujh ko rote dekh paatā hai agar

hañs ke kartā hai bayān-e-shoḳhī-e-guftār-e-dost

mehrbānī-hā-e-dushman kī shikāyat kījiye

tā bayāñ kiije sipās-e-lazzat-e-āzār-e-dost

ye ġhazal apnī mujhe jī se pasand aatī hai aap

hai radīf-e-sher meñ 'ġhālib' zi-bas takrār-e-dost

chashm-e-band-e-ḳhalq juz timsāl-e-ḳhud-bīnī nahīñ

ā.īna hai qālib-e-ḳhisht-e-dar-o-dīvār-e-dost

barq-e-ḳhirman-zār gauhar hai nigāh-e-tez yaañ

ashk ho jaate haiñ ḳhushk az-garmī-e-raftār-e-dost

hai savā neze pe us ke qāmat-e-nau-ḳhez se

āftāb-e-sub.h-e-mahshar hai gul-e-dastār-e-dost

ai adū-e-maslahat chand ba-zabt afsurda rah

kardanī hai jam.a tāb-e-shoḳhī-e-dīdār-e-dost

laġhzishat-e-mastāna o josh-e-tamāshā hai 'asad'

ātish-e-mai se bahār-e-garmī-e-bāzār-e-dost

Author: Ghalib