qafas mein hun gar achchha bhi na jaanen mere shewan ko
mera hona bura kya hai nawa-sanjaan-e-gulshan ko

nahin gar hamdami aasan na ho ye rashk kya kam hai
na di hoti khudaya aarzu-e-dost dushman ko

na nikla aankh se teri ek aansu us jarahat par
kiya sine mein jis ne khun-chakan mizhgan-e-sozan ko

khuda sharmae hathon ko ki rakhte hain kashakash mein
kabhi mere gareban ko kabhi jaanan ke daman ko

abhi hum qatl-gah ka dekhna aasan samajhte hain
nahin dekha shanawar ju-e-khun mein tere tausan ko

hua charcha jo mere panw ki zanjir banne ka
kiya betab kan mein jumbish-e-jauhar ne aahan ko

khushi kya khet par mere agar sau bar abr aawe
samajhta hun ki dhunde hai abhi se barq khirman ko

wafa-dari ba-shart-e-ustuwari asl iman hai
mare but-khane mein to kabe mein gado barahman ko

shahadat thi meri qismat mein jo di thi ye khu mujh ko
jahan talwar ko dekha jhuka deta tha gardan ko

na lutta din ko to kab raat ko yun be-khabar sota
raha khatka na chori ka dua deta hun rahzan ko

sukhan kya kah nahin sakte ki juya hun jawahir ke
jigar kya hum nahin rakhte ki khoden ja ke madan ko

mere shah-e-sulaiman-jah se nisbat nahin 'ghaalib'
faridun o jam o ke khusraw o darab o bahman ko