Hai aur bhi duniya mein sukhanavar bahut achche ... kehte hai ki Ghalib ka hai andaaz-e-bayaan aur

Hai bas ki har ek unke ishaare mein nishaan aur ... karte hai mohabbat toh guzarta hai gumaan aur ... yaa rab na woh samjhe hai na samjhenge meri baat ... de aur dil unko joh na de mujhko zubaan aur

Nikalna khuld se aadam ka sunte aaye the lekin ... bahut beabroo hokar tere kooche se hum nikle

Joh bhi kaam mile usse kar lena chahiye ... kaam koi chota nahi hota ... chota hota hai aadmi, uska dil, uski kartoot

Dushman ko dushmani se hi nahi ... dosti se bhi maara ja sakta hai

Na gul-e-naghma hoon na parda-e-saaz ... main hoon apne shikast ki awaaz

Chhodunga main na us but-e-kafir ka poojna ... chhode na khalq go mujhe kafir kahe bagair

Tumhare bagair meri sargam adhoori hai, mere geet adhoore hai ... tum hi mera sangeet ho

Karz ki peete the main lekin samajhte the ki haan ... rang layegi hamari faaqa masti ek din

Pila de oak se saakhi joh humse nafrat hai ... pyala agar nahi deta na de, sharaab toh de

Gareeb ko sirf roti ka sapna dekhna chahiye ... pyar ka nahi

Tum salamat raho hazaar baras ... har baras ke ho din pachaas hazaar

Hoon giraftar-e-ulfat-e-sayaad ... varna baaki hai taqat-e-parwaaz

Samay kisi ka ek sa nahi rehta ... joh aaj tumhara hai, woh kal mera hoga

Pehle huyi ladai, phir laathi se unki aisi ki dhulai ... ki sabko nani yaad aayi

Bastiyan aur khazane lootne waale ... dilon ko nahi loot sakte