Sahir Ludhianvi on Ghalib death centenary in Agra in 1969 
" Jis ahad-e-siyasat ne yeh zinda zubaan kuchli
  Us ahad-e-siyasat ko marhoomon ka gham kyon hai  ? 
  Ghalib jise kehte hain, Urdu ka hi shaayar tha
 Urdu par sitam dhaa kar, Ghalib par karam kyon hai  ?