hai bas ki har ik unake ishaare me.n nishaa.N aur
Mirza Ghalib
hai bas ki har ik unake ishaare me.n nishaa.N aur
karate hai.n muhabbat to guzarataa hai gumaa.N aur
[gumaa.N=doubt]
yaa rab vo na samajhe hai.n na samajhe.nge merii baat
de aur dil unako jo na de mujhako zubaa.N aur
abaruu se hai kyaa us nigaah -e-naaz ko paiba.nd
hai tiir muqarrar magar usakii hai kamaa.N aur
[abaruu=eyebrow; paiba.nd=patch]
tum shahar me.n ho to hame.n kyaa Gam jab uThe.nge
le aaye.nge baazaar se jaakar dil-o-jaa.N aur
har cha.nd subuk_dast hue but_shikanii me.n
ham hai.n to abhii raah me.n hai sang-e-giraa.N aur
[subuk_dast=expert; but_shikanii=iconoclast; sang=stone; giraa.N=heavy ]
hai Khuun-e-jigar josh me.n dil khol ke rotaa
hote kaii jo diidaa-e-Khuu.Nnaaba_fishaa.N aur
[diidaa=eye; Khuu.Nnaaba=mixture of blood and water; fishaa. N=to shed]
marataa huu.N is aavaaz pe har cha.nd sar u.D jaaye
jallaad ko lekin vo kahe jaaye ki haa.N aur
logo.n ko hai Khurshiid-e-jahaa.N taab kaa dhokaa
har roz dikhaataa huu.N mai.n ik daaG-e-nihaa.N aur
[Khurshiid=sun; taab=power (here it means brightness); nihaa.N=hidden ]
letaa na agar dil tumhe.n detaa koii dam chain
karataa jo na marataa koii din aah-o-fuGaa.N aur
paate nahii.n jab raah to cha.D jaate hai.n naale
rukatii hai merii tabaa to hotii hai ravaa.N aur
[naale=lament; tabaa=temperament]
hai.n aur bhii duniyaa me.n suKhanavar bahut achchhe
kahate hai.n ki 'Ghalib' kaa hai a.ndaaz-e-bayaa.N aur
[suKhanavar=poet]