مرزا غالب

English rendering

Arz-e-naaz-e-shokhi-e-dandaan bara-e-khanda hai Da'wa-e-jam'iyat-e-ahbab ja-e-khanda hai Hai adam mein ghuncha mahv-e-ibrat-e-anjaam-e-gul Yak jahaan zaanu-e-ta'ammul dar qafa-e-khanda hai Kulfat-e-afsurdagi ko aish-e-betaabi haraam Warna dandaan dar dil afsurdan bana-e-khanda hai Shourish-e-baatin ke hain ahbab munkir warna yaan Dil muheet-e-girya o lab ashna-e-khanda hai Khud-faroshi-ha-e-hasti bas-ke ja-e-khanda hai Har shikast-e-qimat-e-dil mein sada-e-khanda hai Naqsh-e-ibrat dar nazar ya naqd-e-ishrat dar basaat Do jahaan wus'at ba qadr-e-yak faza-e-khanda hai Ja-e-istehza hai ishrat-koshi-e-hasti Asad Subh o shabnam fursat-e-nashv-o-numa-e-khanda hai