Top 20 sher of Mirza Ghalib

hazaaron khwahishen aisi ke har khwahish pe dam nikle

bahut nikle mere armaan lekin phir bhi kam nikle

unke dekhe se jo aa jaati hai munh par raunaq

wo samajhte hain ke beemaar ka haal achcha hai

hum ko maaloom hai jannat ki haqeeqat lekin

dil ke khush rakhne ko ghalib ye khayaal achcha hai

ragon mein daudte phirne ke hum nahin qaayal

jab aankh hi se na tapka to phir lahu kya hai

na tha kuchh to khuda tha kuchh na hota to khuda hota

duboya mujh ko hone ne na hota main to kya hota

aah ko chahiye ik umr asar hote tak

kaun jeeta hai teri zulf ke sar hote tak

ishrat-e-qatra hai dariya mein fana ho jaana

dard ka had se guzarna hai dawa ho jaana

rahiye ab aisi jagah chal kar jahaan koi na ho

hum-sukhan koi na ho aur hum-zabaan koi na ho

dard minnat-kash-e-dawa na hua

main na achcha hua bura na hua

ishq mujh ko nahin wahshat hi sahi

meri wahshat teri shohrat hi sahi

dil-e-nadaan tujhe hua kya hai

aakhir is dard ki dawa kya hai

ishq ne ghalib nikamma kar diya

warna hum bhi aadmi the kaam ke

ye na thi hamari qismat ke visaal-e-yaar hota

agar aur jeete rehte yahi intezaar hota

koi ummeed bar nahi aati

koi surat nazar nahi aati

hain aur bhi duniya mein sukhanwar bahut achche

kehte hain ke ghalib ka hai andaaz-e-bayaan aur

bazicha-e-atfaal hai duniya mere aage

hota hai shab-o-roz tamasha mere aage

dil hi to hai na sang-o-khisht dard se bhar na aaye kyun

royenge hum hazaar baar koi humein sataaye kyun

mohabbat mein nahin hai farq jeene aur marne ka

usi ko dekh kar jeete hain jis kaafir pe dam nikle