Zulmatkade mein mere shab-e-gam ka josh hai – Mirza Ghalib
Zulmatkade mein mere shab-e-gam ka josh hai
ik shamma hai dalil-e-sahar, so khamosh hai
na muzda-e-visal na nazara-e-jamal
muddat hui ki aashti-e-chashm-o-gosh hai
mein ne kiya hai husn-e-khudara ko behijab
ae shauq yan ijazat-e-taslim-e-hosh hai
gohar ko ikd-e-gardan-e-khuban mein dekhana
kya auj par sitara-e-gauharfarosh hai
didar, vada, hausala, saqi, nigah-e-mast
bazm-e-khayal maikada-e-bekharosh hai
ae taza varidan-e-bisat-e-hava-e-dil
zinhar gar tumhen havas-e-na-o-nosh hai
dekho mujhe jo dida-e-ibaratnigah ho
meri suno jo gosh-e-nasihatniyosh hai
saqi bajalva dushman-e-iman-o-agahi
mutarib banagma rahazan-e-tamkin-o-hosh hai
ya shab ko dekhte the ki har gosha-e-bisat
daman-e-bagaban-o-kaf-e-gulfarosh hai
lutf-e-khiram-e-saqi-o-zauq-e-sada-e-chang
ye jannat-e-nigah wo firdaus-e-gosh hai
ya subh dam jo dekhiye aakar to bazm mein
na wo surur-o-soz na josh-o-kharosh hai
dag-e-firaq-e-sohabat-e-shab ke jali hui
ik shamma reh gai hai so wo bhi khamosh hai
aate hain gaib se ye mazamin khayal mein
‘ghalib’, sarir-e-khama nava-e-sarosh hai
Poet of the Poem / Ghazal or Nazam :Mirza Ghalib