Ghaalib ka postmortem

ek din 'ghaalib' ke paDh kar sher mary ahliya
mujh se boli aap to kahte the in ko auliya

aashiq-e-bint-e-enab ko aap kahte hain wali
faqa-masti mein bhi har dam kar raha hai mai-kashi

pujne se mah-jabinon ke ye baz aata nahin
aur phir kafir kahe jaane se sharmata nahin

koi bhi mahwash akele mein agar aa jae hath
chheDKHwani kar diya karta tha aksar us ke sath

bad-gumani ka agar mahbub ki hota na Dar
us ke pairon ka wo bosa leta rahta raat bhar

koi rakhta tha agar us se zara sharm-o-hijab
roab dikhlane ko us se kah diya karte janab

ham se khul jao ba-waqt-e-mah-parasti ek din
warna hum chheDenge rakh kar uzr-e-masti ek din

gar kisi mehman ke aane ki hoti thi KHabar
boriya tak bhi nahin hota tha us nange ke ghar

is liye chhai hui thi us ke ghar mein muflisi
kal ke Dar se aaj pine mein na karta tha kami

mai-kashi ko gar koi saqi nahin deta tha jam
ok se pi kar hi wo apna chala leta tha kaam

marte marte bhi sharab us ki na ho pai thi kam
jam ko takta raha jab tak raha aaankhon mein dam

us ke is kirdar par mujh se na karna guftugu
KHak mein jis ne mila di KHandani aabru

is qadar pahunche hue shaer ka ye kirdar hai
sher kahna chhoD dije shaeri be-kar hai

is se pahle ki mera barbaad ho jae ye ghar
aap bas ghar mein rahen sher-o-adab ko chhoD kar

mai-kashi aur aap hon matlub-o-talib ki tarah
sochti hun aap ho jaen na 'ghaalib' ki tarah