Ek Ek Qatre Ka Mujhe dena Pada Hisab

Mirza Ghalib

ek ek qatre ka mujhe dena pada hisab

khun-e-jigar vadiat-e-mizhgan-e-yar tha

ab main huun aur matam-e-yak-shahr-arzu

toda jo tu ne aaina timsal-dar tha

galiyon men meri naash ko khinche phiro ki main

jan-dada-e-hava-e-sar-e-rahguzar tha

mauj-e-sarab-e-dasht-e-vafa ka na puchh haal

har zarra misl-e-jauhar-e-tegh ab-dar tha

kam jante the ham bhi gham-e-ishq ko par ab

dekha to kam hue pa gham-e-rozgar tha

kis ka junun-e-did tamanna-shikar tha

aina-khana vadi-e-jauhar-ghubar tha

kis ka khayal aina-e-intizar tha

har barg-e-gul ke parde men dil be-qarar tha

juun ghuncha-o-gul afat-e-fal-e-nazar na puchh

paikan se tere jalva-e-zakhm ashkar tha

dekhi vafa-e-fursat-e-ranj-o-nashat-e-dahr

khamyaza yak-darazi-e-umr-e-khumar tha

subh-e-qayamat ek dum-e-gurg thi ‘asad’

jis dasht men vo shokh-e-do-alam shikar tha