Huzūr-e-shāh meñ ahl-e-suḳhan kī āzmā.ish hai
Chaman meñ ḳhush-navāyan-e-chaman kī āzmā.ish hai
Qad o gesū meñ qais o kohkan kī āzmā.ish hai
Jahāñ ham haiñ vahāñ dār-o-rasan kī āzmā.ish hai
Rareñge kohkan ke hausle kā imtihān āḳhir
Abhī us ḳhasta ke nerve tan kī āzmā.ish hai
Nasīm-e-misr ko kyā pīr-e-kan.āñ kī havā-ḳhvāhī
Use yūsuf kī bū-e-pairahan kī āzmā.ish hai
Vo aayā bazm meñ dekho na kahiyo phir ki ġhāfil the
Shakeb-o-sabr-e-ahl-e-anjuman kī āzmā.ish hai
Rahe dil hī meñ tiir achchhā jigar ke paar ho behtar
Gharaz shust-e-but-e-nāvak-fagan kī āzmā.ish hai
Nahīñ kuchh sub.ha-o-zunnār ke phande meñ gīrā.ī
Vafādārī meñ shaiḳh o barhaman kī āzmā.ish hai
PaḌā rah ai dil-e-vābasta betābī se kyā hāsil
Magar phir tāb-e-zulf-e-pur-shikan kī āzmā.ish hai
Rag-o-pai meñ jab utre zahr-e-ġham tab dekhiye kyā ho
Abhī to talḳhī-e-kām-o-dahan kī āzmā.ish hai
vo āveñge mire ghar va.ada kaisā dekhnā ‘Ghālib’
Na.e fitnoñ meñ ab charḳh-e-kuhan kī āzmā.ish hai