Diya hai dil agar us ko, bashar hai kya kahiye

Diya hai dil agar us ko, bashar hai kya kahiye

hua raqib to ho, namabar hai, kya kahiye

ye zid, ki aj na aave aur aaye bin na rahe

qaza se shikwa hamen kis qadar hai, kya kahiye

rahe hai yun gah-o-begah ke ku-e-dost ko ab

agar na kahiye ki dushman ka ghar hai, kya kahiye

zih-e-karishma ke yun de rakha hai hamako fareb

ki bin kahe hi unhen sab khabar hai, kya kahiye

samajh ke karte hain bazar mein wo pursish-e-hal

ki ye kahe ki sar-e-rahaguzar hai, kya kahiye

tumhen nahi hai sar-e-rishta-e-vafa ka khayal

hamare hath mein kuch hai, magar hai kya kahiye

unhen saval pe zaom-e-junun hai, q ladiye

hamen javab se qata-e-nazar hai, kya kahiye

hasad saza-e-kamal-e-sukhan hai, kya kije

sitam, baha-e-mataa-e-hunar hai, kya kahiye

kaha hai kis ne ki “ghalib” bura nahi lekin

sivay isake ki aashuftasar hai kya kahiye