مرزا غالب

English rendering

Qatra-e-mai bas-ke hairat se nafas-parvar hu.aa Khat-e-jaam-e-mai saraasar rishta-e-gauhar hu.aa E.atibaar-e-ishq kī khaana-kharaabī dekhnaa Ghair ne kī aah lekin wo khafaa mujh par hu.aa Garmī-e-daulat hu.ī aatish-zan-e-naam-e-neku Khaana-e-khaatam me.n yaaqut-e-nagī.n akhtar hu.aa Nasha me.n gum-karda-raah aayaa wo mast-e-fitna-khuu Aaj rang-e-rafta-e-daur-e-gardish-e-saaghar hu.aa Dard se dar-parda dī mizhgaa.n-siyahaa.n ne shikast Reza reza istakhwaa.n ka post me.n nishtar hu.aa Zuhd-e-gardeeda.n hai gard-e-khaana-haaye-mun.imaa.n Daana-e-tasbīh se mai.n muhra dar-e-shashdar hu.aa Ai ba-zabt-e-haal-e-naa-afsurdagaa.n josh-e-junū.n Nasha-e-mai hai agar yak parda naazuk-tar hu.aa Is chaman me.n resha-daarī jis ne sar khe.nchaa Asad Tar-zabaa.n lafz-e-aam-e-saaqī-e-kausar hu.aa