yaad hai shadi mein bhi hangama-e-ya-rab mujhe
subha-e-zahid hua hai khanda zer-e-lab mujhe

hai kushad-e-khatir-e-wa-basta dar rahn-e-sukhan
tha tilism-e-qufl-e-abjad khana-e-maktab mujhe

ya rab is aashuftagi ki dad kis se chahiye
rashk aasaish pe hai zindaniyon ki ab mujhe

taba hai mushtaq-e-lazzat-ha-e-hasrat kya karun
aarzu se hai shikast-e-arzu matlab mujhe

dil laga kar aap bhi 'ghaalib' mujhi se ho gae
ishq se aate the mane mirza sahab mujhe