Daaim para hua tire der per nahin hoon main
Khaak aisi zindgi pe, ki pather nahin huon mai.
Kyon gardishe - mudaam se ghabra na jaye dil
Insaan hoon piyaal-o-sagar nahin hoon main.
Yaa rab, zamana mujhko mitata hai kisliye
lauhe-jahan pe herf- moqqarer nahin hoon main.
Kis vaaste aziz nahin jante mujhe
Laalo-jmurdo-zaro-gohar nahin hoon main.
"Ghalib" wazeefa khwar ho, do shah ko dua
Wo din ke kahte the, nauker nahin hoon main.