sab kahaa.N kuchh laalaa-o-gul me.n numaayaa.N ho ga_ii.n
Mirza Ghalib

sab kahaa.N kuchh laalaa-o-gul me.n numaayaa.N ho ga_ii.n
Khaak me.n kyaa suurate.n ho.ngii ke pi.nhaa.N ho ga_ii.n

ra.nj se khuu gar huaa i.nsaa.N to miT jaataa hai ra.nj
mushkile.n mujha par pa.Dii itanii ke aasaa.N ho ga_ii.n

yuu.N hi gar rotaa rahaa "Ghalib" to ai ahal-e-jahaa.N
dekhanaa in bastiao.n ko tum ke viiraa.N ho ga_ii.n