| ye na
thee hamaree qismat ke wisaal-e-yaar hota |
| it was not in my fate to meet
my lover |
| agar aur jeete rehte yahee
intezaar hota |
| had I lived longer, this
would still be my only desire |
| |
| tere waade par jiye ham to ye
jaan jhoot jaanaa |
| to live on your promise is to
make my life a lie |
| ke khushee se mar na jaate
agar 'eitabaar hota |
| would I not have died of
happiness if i trusted it |
| |
| teree naazukee se
jaana ke bandha tha 'ehed_booda |
| from your frailty I learnt
that the promise was delicate |
| kabhee too na tor sakta agar
oostuwaar hota |
| it would not stand broken had
you been determined |
| |
| koee mere dil se pooche tere
teer-e-neemkash ko |
| someone ask me about your
half-drawn arrow |
| ye khalish kahaan se hotee jo
jigar ke paar hota |
| would i even feel this pain
if it had pierced my heart |
| |
| ye kahaan ki dostee hai ke
bane hain dost naaseh |
| what kind of friendship is
this, that friends are now advisers |
| koee chaarasaaz hota, koee
ghamgusaar hota |
| someone should ease my pain,
someone sympathize with me |
| |
| rag-e-sang se tapakta wo
lahoo ki phir na thamta |
| from every nerve drips blood
without restraint |
| jise gham samajh rahe ho, ye
agar sharaar hota |
| as if that which you think is
anguish is but a spark |
| |
| gham agarche jaan_gulis hai,
per kahaan bachain ke dil hai |
| threatening as love is, there
is no deliverance from the heart |
| gham-e-ishq gar na hota,
gham-e-rozgaar hota |
| if not the torment of love,
it would be the torment of life |
| |
| kahoon kis se main ke kya
hai, shab-e-gham buree bala hai |
| whom shall I narrate the
pangs of these evenings of sorrow |
| mujhe kya bura tha marna
agar ek baar hota |
| i would have not resented
this death, had it come only once |
| |
| hue mar ke ham
jo ruswa, hue kyon na gharq-e-dariya |
| that I died and was
disgraced, why was I not just drowned |
| na kabhee janaaza
uthata, na kaheen mazaar hota |
| never was there a funeral, no
where was a tomb erected |
| |
| usay kaun dekh sakta
ke yagaana hai wo yaktaa |
| who can see him since his
Oneness is without peer |
| jo dooee ki boo bhee hotee to
kaheen do chaar hota |
| even the scent of his duality
would be an introduction |
| |
| ye
masaail-e-tasawwuf, ye tera bayaan 'Ghalib'! |
| this mysticism, these
statements of yours Ghalib |
| tujhe ham walee samajhate, jo
na baada_khwaar hota |
| you would be a saint, if only
you were not inebriated |
