Kyon jal gaya na taab e rukh e yar dekh kar,
Jalta hun apni taqat e deedar dekh kar !
Aatish parast kehte hain ehl e jahan mujhay,
Sargarm e nala haye sharar bar dekh kar !
Aata hai mere qatl ko, par josh e rashk se,
Marta hun us ke hath mein talwar dekh kar !
In aablun se paon ke ghabra gaya tha main,
Ji khush huwa hai rah ko pur khar dekh kar !
Girni thi hum pe barq e tajalli, na toor par,
Dete hain bada zarf e qadh khuwar dekh kar !
Sar phorna wo Ghalib shureeda hal ka,
Yad aa gaya mujhay teri deewar dekh kar !
Jalta hun apni taqat e deedar dekh kar !
Aatish parast kehte hain ehl e jahan mujhay,
Sargarm e nala haye sharar bar dekh kar !
Aata hai mere qatl ko, par josh e rashk se,
Marta hun us ke hath mein talwar dekh kar !
In aablun se paon ke ghabra gaya tha main,
Ji khush huwa hai rah ko pur khar dekh kar !
Girni thi hum pe barq e tajalli, na toor par,
Dete hain bada zarf e qadh khuwar dekh kar !
Sar phorna wo Ghalib shureeda hal ka,
Yad aa gaya mujhay teri deewar dekh kar !