hai kis qadar halak-e-fareb-e-wafa-e-gul
bulbul ke karobar pe hain khanda-ha-e-gul

aazadi-e-nasim mubarak ki har taraf
tute pade hain halqa-e-dam-e-hawa-e-gul

jo tha so mauj-e-rang ke dhoke mein mar gaya
ai wae nala-e-lab-e-khunin-nawa-e-gul

khush-haal us harif-e-siyah-mast ka ki jo
rakhta ho misl-e-saya-e-gul sar-ba-pa-e-gul

ijad karti hai use tere liye bahaar
mera raqib hai nafas-e-itr-sa-e-gul

sharminda rakhte hain mujhe baad-e-bahaar se
mina-e-be-sharab o dil-e-be-hawa-e-gul

satwat se tere jalwa-e-husn-e-ghuyur ki
khun hai meri nigah mein rang-e-ada-e-gul

tere hi jalwe ka hai ye dhoka ki aaj tak
be-ikhtiyar daude hai gul dar-qafa-e-gul

'ghaalib' mujhe hai us se ham-aghoshi aarzu
jis ka khayal hai gul-e-jeb-e-qaba-e-gul

diwanagan ka chaara farogh-e-bahaar hai
hai shakh-e-gul mein panja-e-khuban bajae gul

mizhgan talak rasai-e-lakht-e-jigar kahan
ai wae gar nigah na ho aashna-e-gul