ye sahra-e-talab ya besha-e-ashufta-haali hai
koi daryuza-gar apna koi tera sawali hai

hawadis se nabard-araiyon ka kis ko yara tha
junun apna salamat jis ne har uftad tali hai

tere aghmaz ki khu sikh li ahl-e-murawwat ne
ki mahfil dard ki ab sahab-e-mahfil se khali hai

huzuri ho ki mahjuri mohabbat kam nahin us se
tab apna bakht-e-ali tha ab apna zarf-e-ali hai

numu ka josh kuchh nazzara-farma ho to ho warna
bahaar ab ke baras khud paimal-e-khushk-sali hai

kisi ke lutf-e-kam ko der lagti hai siwa hote
chatakne tak to har gul ki jibillat infiali hai

sharaf itna ki 'ghaalib' ki zamin mein hai ghazal 'gauhar'
wo mazmun-afrini hai na wo nazuk-khayali hai