ab firāq-o-visāl baar hue

umr guzrī hai be-qarār hue

is kī be-e'tibāriyoñ ke tufail

kitne hī gul yahāñ pe ḳhaar hue

ḳhvāb do ek hī bache zinda

qatl baaqī to be-shumār hue

kyuuñ rahā ġhairiyat kā sā ehsās

jab bhī ham us se kam kanār hue

mere us ke muāmle ab to

saare aalam pe āshkār hue

kuchh na.ī ye malāmateñ to nahīñ

aise ta.ane to baar baar hue

jurm kyā hai pata nahīñ ab tak

haañ magar roz sañgsār hue

kitne hī trahdār ham jaise

is ḳharābe meñ ḳhāksār hue

kis qadar mubtalā the ham ḳhud meñ

ḳhud se nikle to be-kanār hue

'mīr'-o-'ġhālib' kī ḳhāk-e-pā ke tufail

ham bhī kis darja āb-dār hue