wo tabassum hai ki 'ghaalib' ki tarah-dar ghazal
der tak us ki balaghat ko paDha karte hain
Aal-e-Ahmad Suroor
'saz' jab khula hum par sher koi 'ghaalib' ka
hum ne goya baatin ka ek suragh sa paya
Abdul Ahad Saaz
tum ko dawa hai suKHan-fahmi ka
jao 'ghaalib' ke taraf-dar bano
Adil Mansuri
'haali' suKHan mein 'shefta' se mustafid hai
'ghaalib' ka mo'taqid hai muqallid hai 'mir' ka
Altaf Hussain Hali
hum KHud bhi hue nadim jab harf-e-dua nikla
samjhe the jise patthar wo shaKHs KHuda nikla
Hilal Fareed
hami bhi na the munkir-e-'ghaalib' bhi nahin the
hum ahl-e-tazabzub kisi jaanib bhi nahin the
Iftikhar Arif
qismat ke bazar se bas ek chiz hi to le sakte the
tum ne taj uThaya main ne 'ghaalib' ka diwan liya
Sayed Naseer Shah