sab kahan kuch

Sab kahan kuch lal-a-o-gul me numayaan ho gayin
khaak me kya sooratein hongi, ki pinhaa ho gayin

vaan gaya bhi mai to unki gaaliyon ka kya jawaab
yaad thi jitni duaayein, sarf-e-darbaan ho gayin

ranj se khuugar hua insaan to mit jaata hai ranj
mushkilein mujh par padi itni, ki aasan ho gayin

yun hi gar rota raha Ghalib to ae ahl-e-jahaan
dekhna in bastiyon ko tum, ki veeran ho gayin!

-Ghalib