Naqsh-e faryaadi hay kis ki shokhi-ye tehreer ka,
kaghazi hay pairahan, har paikar-e tasweer ka,

kave kave sakht jaani hi tanhaai na poochh,
subha karna shaam ka lana hay joo-e sheer ka,

jazba-e be- ikhtiyaar-e shouq dekha chaheye,
seena-e shamsheer sey bahar hay dam shamsheer ka,

Aagahi daam-e shunidan jis qadar chahey bichaay,
mud'da'a anqa hay apny aalam-e taqreer ka,

bas k hoon Ghalib, aseeri main bhi aatish zair-pa,
moe aatish deeda hay halqa meri zanjeer ka.