تیرے توسن کو صبا باندھتے ہیں

Tere tawsan ko saba bandhte hain

Hum bhi mazmun ki hawa bandhte hain

Aah ka kis ne asar dekha hai

Hum bhi ek apni hawa bandhte hain

Teri fursat ke muqabil ae umr

Barq ko pa-ba-hina bandhte hain

Qaid-e-hasti se rihai maloom

Ashk ko be-sar-o-pa bandhte hain

Nasha-e-rang se hai wa-shud gul

Mast kab band-e-qaba bandhte hain

Ghalti-ha-e-mazamin mat pooch

Log nale ko rasa bandhte hain

Ahl-e-tadbeer ki wamandagiyan

Aablon par bhi hina bandhte hain

Sada par-kar hain khooban Ghalib

Hum se paiman-e-wafa bandhte hain

Paon mein jab woh hina bandhte hain

Mere haathon ko juda bandhte hain

Husn-e-afsorda dil ha rangeen

Shauq ko pa-ba-hina bandhte hain

Qaid mein bhi hai aseeri azad

Chashm-e-zanjeer ko wa bandhte hain

Sheikh ji Kabe ka jana maloom

Aap masjid mein gadha bandhte hain

Kis ka dil zulf se bhaga ke Asad

Dast-e-shana ba-qaza bandhte hain

Tere bimar pe hain faryadi

Woh jo kaghaz mein dawa bandhte hain